• 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...
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  • Defense ("French Game"). Opening: This usually refers to an opening played by White, such as the English Opening or Bird's Opening. Variation: Used to describe...
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  • Benoni Defence, Bird's Opening and English Opening. Irregular openings are usually considered somewhat weaker than standard openings if both players play...
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  • The Réti Opening is a hypermodern chess opening whose "traditional" or "classic method" begins with the moves: 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 White attacks Black's pawn...
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  • List of chess gambits (category Chess openings)
    Gambit - Chess Openings". "Bird Opening: Wagner-Zwitersch Gambit". "Bird's Opening: Hobbs-Zilbermints Gambit - Chess Openings". "Bird's Opening: From's Gambit...
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  • Kingdom, due to its opening move f3 being half that of the f4 employed in Bird's Opening. One example of this is the game Simon Williams beating Martin Simons...
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    (London: Dean, 1893) Bird, H. E. Chess Novelties and Their Latest Developments (London, New York: F. Warne, 1895) Bird's Defence Bird's Opening A date of 1830...
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  • 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...
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  • The English Opening is a chess opening that begins with the move: 1. c4 A flank opening, it is the fourth most popular and, according to various databases...
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  • Swiss Gambit (category Chess openings)
    The Swiss Gambit is a chess opening which is an offshoot of Bird's Opening (1.f4) and begins with the moves: 1. f4 f5 2. e4 This article uses algebraic...
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