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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 ...
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").
Schlechter Gambit of the Bird's Opening – 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 Nc6 – named after Carl Schlechter [citation needed] Schlechter–Rubinstein System of the Tarrasch Defence – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 – named after Carl Schlechter and Akiba Rubinstein [10]
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 ...
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 ...
Swedish Variation of the QGD, Tarrasch Defence – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 c4; Swiss Gambit of the Bird's Opening – 1.f4 f5 2.e4; Swiss Variation of the French Defence – 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bd3
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