Flank · a plan for White
Bird Opening: Williams-Zilbermints Gambit
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1.f4d52.e4dxe43.Nc3Nf64.Nge2
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Bird Opening: Williams-Zilbermints Gambit18k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
33%5.9k53%
24%4.3k54%
15%2.7k48%
11%1.9k49%
5.9%1.1k55%
2.4%43545%
2.2%40354%
1.5%26450%
1.3%23342%
1.2%21955%
- Family
- Bird Opening
- Category
- Flank
- First move
- Other
- ECO
- A03
- Line
- 1. f4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nge2
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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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