Chess opening · ECO A02
Bird Opening
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Bird Opening is catalogued under ECO code A02. It is reached after 1 move (1 half-move): 1. f4. After the last move it is Black to play. White opens with a less common first move. It is the defining line of the Bird Opening family, which has 28 catalogued lines in total. Many deeper lines continue from here, listed below.
Continues with
- Bird Opening: From's GambitA02
- Bird Opening: Hobbs GambitA02
- Bird Opening: Horsefly DefenseA02
- Bird Opening: Myers DefenseA02
- Bird Opening: Dutch VariationA03
- Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Bahr GambitA02
- Bird Opening: MujannahA02
- Bird Opening: Wagner-Zwitersch GambitA02
- Bird Opening: Dutch Variation, Dudweiler GambitA03
- Bird Opening: Sturm GambitA03
More Bird Opening lines
- Bird Opening: Williams GambitA03
- Bird Opening: Double Duck FormationA02
- Bird Opening: Hobbs-Zilbermints GambitA02
- Bird Opening: Lasker GambitA02
- Bird Opening: Platz GambitA02
- Bird Opening: Schlechter GambitA02