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Bird Opening — opening family

28 catalogued lines · ECO A02–B21

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The shortest catalogued line of the family runs 1. f4 — the position below. The continuation chips count how many catalogued lines extend this head with each next move; any branch can be explored on the interactive tree and played against the engine from there.

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Main continuations

e5 · 9d5 · 8f5 · 3Nf6 · 2Nh6 · 1b5 · 1g5 · 1h6 · 1

All 28 lines

NameECOMain line length
Bird OpeningA021 plies
Bird Opening: From's GambitA022 plies
Bird Opening: Hobbs GambitA022 plies
Bird Opening: Myers DefenseA022 plies
Bird Opening: Dutch VariationA032 plies
Bird Opening: Horsefly DefenseA022 plies
Bird Opening: Wagner-Zwitersch GambitA023 plies
Bird Opening: Dutch Variation, Dudweiler GambitA033 plies
Bird Opening: Williams GambitA033 plies
Bird Opening: Sturm GambitA033 plies
Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Bahr GambitA023 plies
Bird Opening: MujannahA023 plies
Bird Opening: Double Duck FormationA024 plies
Bird Opening: Hobbs-Zilbermints GambitA024 plies
Bird Opening: Lasker GambitA024 plies
Bird Opening: Platz GambitA024 plies
Bird Opening: Schlechter GambitA024 plies
Bird Opening: Batavo-Polish AttackA025 plies
Bird Opening: Lasker VariationA036 plies
Bird Opening: Dutch Variation, Batavo GambitB216 plies
Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Langheld GambitA026 plies
Bird Opening: Siegener GambitA027 plies
Bird Opening: Swiss GambitA027 plies
Bird Opening: Williams GambitA037 plies
Bird Opening: Williams-Zilbermints GambitA037 plies
Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Lasker VariationA028 plies
Bird Opening: Thomas GambitA039 plies
Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Lipke VariationA029 plies