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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 ...
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 ...
This is a list of chess openings, organised by the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) code classification system.The chess openings are categorised into five broad areas ("A" through "E"), with each of those broken up into one hundred subcategories ("00" through "99").
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 ...
Benko's Opening – 1.g3 – named after Pal Benko [20] Bird Defense of the Ruy Lopez – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 – named after Henry Bird [21] Bird's Opening – 1.f4 – named after Henry Bird [7] Blackburne Shilling Gambit – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 – named after Joseph Henry Blackburne [22]
1.h3 – Clemenz Opening, or Basman's Attack; 1.h4 – Desprez Opening, or Kadas Opening; 1.Na3 – Durkin Opening, also known as Durkin's Attack or the Sodium Attack; 1.Nc3 – Dunst Opening; 1.Nh3 – Amar Opening, also known as the Paris Opening, Ammonia Opening, or Drunken Knight Opening; The Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack (1.b3, ECO code A01 ...
The King's Fianchetto Opening [1] or Benko Opening [2] (also known as the Rat Opening, [3] Hungarian Opening, or Bilek Opening) is a chess opening characterized by the move: 1. g3. White's 1.g3 ranks as the fifth most popular opening move, but it is far less popular than 1.e4, 1.d4, 1.c4 and 1.Nf3. It is usually followed by 2.Bg2, fianchettoing ...
The term "Swiss Gambit" is also used colloquially to describe a strategy for Swiss system tournaments.In a "Swiss Gambit", a player loses or draws against weaker players early in the tournament, in the hope of being paired against weaker opposition in later rounds and finishing in the prize money.