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Bird Opening: Wagner-Zwitersch Gambit
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1.f4f52.e4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Bird Opening: Wagner-Zwitersch Gambit79k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
64%50k44%
13%10k43%
8.7%6.8k44%
5.9%4.7k46%
1.4%1.1k28%
1.3%1.0k43%
1.2%92941%
0.4%3265%
0.3%26841%
Famous games in this line11 master games
Vachier Lagrave, M. (2774) – So, W. (2767)Drazic, S. (2310) – Ratkovic, Miloj (2496)Mrsevic, Miroslav (2333) – Blagojevic, Dragisa (2453)Oren, Itamar (2330) – Niewiadomski, Wieslaw (2450)Gonzalez, Bernal Manuel (2400) – Rivera, Alberto (2370)Ljepic, Andrej (2321) – Sedlak, N. (2413)Pyhala, Antti (2380) – Holmsten, Aleksei (2285)Gonzalez, Bernal Manuel (2380) – Ugalde Garcia, Ronald (2200)Heroes of this opening Gonzalez, Bernal Manuel · Blagojevic, Dragisa · Niewiadomski, Wieslaw · Holmsten, Aleksei
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- Bird Opening
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- First move
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- ECO
- A02
- Line
- 1. f4 f5 2. e4
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Henry Edward Bird, a London accountant, returned to chess in the 1870s after six years away: 'Having forgotten familiar openings, I commenced adopting KBP for first move.' He never stopped, and in 1895 wrote that no opening had given him more enjoyable games. It's the Dutch Defense with an extra tempo — kingside ambition from move one, named for the one player stubborn enough to make it a lifestyle.
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