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Bird Opening

ECO A02 · 50,318 games · Black to move

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1. f4
50% White5% Draw45% Black
Open this position on the board

What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
d518,88337.5%Bird Opening: Dutch Variation A03
c55,65411.2%
e54,9959.9%Bird Opening: From's Gambit A02
e64,6409.2%
Nf63,3596.7%
c62,6195.2%
d62,4714.9%
g62,2024.4%
Nc62,0704.1%
b61,4122.8%
f51,3082.6%
g51690.3%Bird Opening: Hobbs Gambit A02

A further 536 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

Other lines in this family

Dutch VariationA03… 1... d518,883From's GambitA02… 1... e54,995Williams GambitA03… 1... d5 2. e4969Schlechter GambitA02… 1... e5 2. fxe5 Nc6602From's Gambit, Lasker VariationA02… 1... e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5538Lasker VariationA03… 1... d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5445Sturm GambitA03… 1... d5 2. c4214Hobbs GambitA02… 1... g5169Double Duck FormationA02… 1... f5 2. d4 d5167Lasker GambitA02… 1... e5 2. fxe5 f6123

All 14 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.