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Bird's Opening (or the Dutch Attack) is a chess opening characterised by the move: 1. f4. Named after 19th century English player Henry Bird, Bird's opening is a standard flank opening. White's strategic ideas involve control of the e5-square, offering good attacking chances at the expense of slightly weakening their own kingside. Black may ...
Botvinnik Variation of the English Opening – 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e4 – named after Mikhail Botvinnik [17] Brentano Defense of the Ruy Lopez – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g5 – named after Franz Brentano [26] Breyer Variation of the King's Gambit – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qf3 – named after Gyula Breyer [27]
Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Lipke Variation: 1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 Nh6 5. d4 Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Langheld Gambit: 1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Nf6
1.c4 – English Opening; 1.Nf3 – Zukertort Opening– characteristically followed by fianchettoing one or both bishops, and without an early d4, can lead to the Réti Opening; 1.f4 – Bird's Opening; 1.b3 – Larsen's Opening; 1.g3 – King's Fianchetto Opening, also known as Benko's Opening; In addition, some flank openings that are ...
Bird's Opening, 1.f4, addresses center control but not development and weakens the king position slightly. The Sokolsky Opening 1.b4 and the King's and Queen's fianchettos: Larsen's Opening 1.b3 and 1.g3 aid development a bit, but they only address center control peripherally and are slower than the more popular openings. The eleven remaining ...
Amsterdam Variation of the Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation – 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Qd2 Arctic Defense of the Zukertort Opening - 1.Nf3 f6 Argentine Gambit of the Baltic Defence – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.cxd5 Bxb1 4.Qa4+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6
3 Bird's Opening. 4 Bishop's Opening. 5 Blackmar–Diemer Gambit. 6 Caro–Kann Defense. 7 English Opening. 8 French Defense. 9 Indian Defense. 10 Italian Game. 11 ...
The line may also be used with 'colours reversed' as a variant of Bird's Opening where White is a move up. Play starts, Play starts, 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.c4