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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 ...
Henry Edward Bird (14 July 1829 [1] – 11 April 1908) was an English chess player, author and accountant. He wrote the books Chess History and Reminiscences and An Analysis of Railways in the United Kingdom .
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]
Henry Bird may refer to: Henry Bird (chess player) (1830–1908), English chess player and chess writer; Henry Bird (cricketer) (1800–1864), English professional cricketer; Henry Bird (artist) (1909–2000), British artist; Henry Bird (judge) (1892–1971), Canadian lawyer and judge; Henry Real Bird (born 1948), Native Crow Indian
The English Defence was rarely seen in master play before the Second World War, but early instances can be found in the games of Henry Bird, Gyula Breyer, Aron Nimzowitsch and Richard Reti. In the late 1940s and early 1950s the Leicester player P. N. Wallis investigated the potential of the opening, and in the 1970s it was taken up by several ...
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