A02: Bird, From gambit

1. f4 e5

Bird, From gambit

A02 Sub-variants:

Bird's opening
1. f4

Bird, From gambit
1. f4 e5

Bird, From gambit, Lasker variation
1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5

Bird, From gambit, Lipke variation
1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 Nh6 5. d4

Bird's opening, Swiss gambit
1. f4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g4

Bird, Hobbs gambit
1. f4 g5

Overview

Games on Database:

1940

Last Played:

Nov 2023

Overall score:

39.5%

20.6%

39.9%

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Played frequently by:

White
Manfred Thonig	14 games
Fritz Klicker	14 games
Mosaddeque Ali	13 games

Black
Frank James Marshall	4 games
Joerg Grube	4 games
Mark L Hebden	3 games

Possible continuations:

2. fxe5

1452

40.8 %

19.8 %

39.3 %

2. e4

371

36.7 %

23.5 %

39.9 %

2. d3

87

35.6 %

17.2 %

47.1 %

2. Nf3

14

28.6 %

35.7 %

35.7 %

2. e3

11

27.3 %

63.6 %

2. d4

2

50 %

50 %