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Bird's Opening 1 f4 inc. From's Gambit 1 f4 e5 [A02-03]

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Readings in Ornithology? Are there any books on the Bird? I've seen a couple of CDs, but no books. Can anyone recommend a book (maybe not in English)? I'm starting to explore literature on the Dutch, but it would be great ... Started 11/10/04 at 17:57:13 by HgMan	7	4049	11/16/04 at 05:48:13 By: MNb
Why isn't the Bird played more often? I really do wonder some things...like why is the Bird-Larsen attack not employed more often?! It's exactly the same as a reversed Dutch Defense with the important difference that the Queen's bishop i... Started 12/01/03 at 16:06:45 by nexirae « Pages 1 2 all »	19	12718	12/09/04 at 08:56:02 By: MNb
Another Bird question In playing blitz chess, I encountered an early Bf5 from Black that rattled me a little. I've seen Black regularly swing the bishop out to g4 or b7, but Bf5 surprised me. It makes sense, since it fig... Started 12/09/04 at 22:00:28 by HgMan	5	3034	12/19/04 at 12:11:50 By: HgMan
Bird's Opeing book by GM Henrik Danielsen? I have read that GM Henrik Danielsen, one of the world's experts on the Bird Opening, is writing a book on this opening. Anyone have some info? Thanks. Started 04/16/04 at 21:33:44 by Kiwi	2	3208	12/28/04 at 22:51:49 By: HgMan
From's Gambit 4...Nf6 Replying to TomR's post on the Bird's opening in Daring defences to 1.d4. Regarding the variation 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf4 Nf6 5.g3 I have two recent games: Jensen,T - Jensen,M<br... Started 09/12/04 at 12:25:47 by Dragonslayer	9	4857	01/01/05 at 19:43:18 By: MNb
Further fun from From Hey all! Since one of the recent discussions on here pertained to exactly the line I found myself in earlier... Here's a game I just played on ICC (I have white, 30 10 time controls)...in th... Started 01/11/05 at 12:51:50 by nexirae	0	1521	01/11/05 at 12:51:49 By: nexirae
Is it a dead Bird? I'm a new convert to the Bird, and was hoping I might ask the forum for help. I like the positions I'm getting out of a reversed Leningrad, but I'm finding that an early g3 (at move 2 or 3) results i... Started 11/09/04 at 11:28:46 by HgMan	11	6115	05/29/05 at 11:42:17 By: HgMan
Bird of a different feather In an earlier thread, John Cox advocated responding to 1 f4 with 1 ... f5. At the time, I dismissed this move as decidedly weaker, and I still don't put much stock in it, but thought I might share th... Started 05/29/05 at 11:54:50 by HgMan	2	2595	06/03/05 at 18:57:31 By: HgMan
Why is the Birds Defence so unusual? I have been a Leningrad Dutch player for a couple of years and I have played it with reasonable results. Lately I have been experimenting with 1.f4 and it seems to me that this move is very under-rat... Started 09/08/04 at 09:07:19 by TomR « Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 all »	87	35611	10/10/05 at 18:20:40 By: HgMan
From counter gambit Has anyone ever seen the piece sacrifice 1 f4 e5 2 fxe5 d6 3 exd6 Bxd6 4 Nf3 g5 5 d4 g4 6 Ng5!? f5 7 e4 h6 8 e5 Be7 9 Nh3 gxh3 10 Qh5+ Kf8 11 Bc4 Rh7!? 12 Be3!? Do you think it is sound? Started 11/24/05 at 13:55:35 by condor	1	2009	01/24/06 at 12:17:54 By: le gars(Guest) (Guest)
Tim Taylor's new book on the Bird Hello, any comments on the quality of his new book, you Bird players out there. Thanks, Amstaff Started 03/02/06 at 00:46:23 by amstaff	2	1933	03/02/06 at 15:09:10 By: bravehoptoad
Mujannah Opening, Whale Variation I'm a long time bird player. In the past I experimented around with 1.f4 d5 2.c4!? a couple times in tournaments and got fair results as I remember, but this was against very weak competition. ECO cal... Started 04/04/06 at 06:29:01 by whale(Guest) (Guest)	3	7850	04/06/06 at 03:44:57 By: Red Lance(Guest) (Guest)
Bird repertoire After playing the Bird in several correspondence games, I'm still trying to sort out how to best use it in my repertoire. My preference is for playing the Reversed Leningrad, but I have experimented ... Started 05/29/05 at 12:01:26 by HgMan « Pages 1 2 ... 8 9 10 all »	136	73934	05/19/06 at 21:13:52 By: Glenn Snow
Bird Call!!! Spassky Couldn't Do it: 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. O-O nbd7 8. a4 Dely Couldn't Do it: 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6... Started 06/08/06 at 23:50:48 by Flank Master	5	4708	06/20/06 at 21:13:15 By: Gambit
Bird's Can someone give me a good line to play after 1. f4 Nf6? Started 09/23/06 at 19:35:24 by laughingcow « Pages 1 2 3 all »	41	23012	11/24/06 at 19:09:11 By: laughingcow
1.f4 b5!? and 1.b3 b5!? In his November article about 1.Nf3 h6?! Stefan Buecker mentions that Hugh Myers invented a similar strategy on the queenside answering 1.f4 and 1.b3 with 1. ... b5!? 1.c4 g5?! seems to be dubiou... Started 01/15/07 at 02:49:21 by FightingDragon	0	1678	01/15/07 at 02:49:20 By: FightingDragon
1.f4 c5 What should White play when faced with Sicilian type setups against 1. f4? T.Taylor's suggestion (GP with Be2)? Proper GP (with Bc4 or Bb5)? Staying true to the Bird and play e3-lines?<... Started 06/14/06 at 06:51:22 by JN « Pages 1 2 all »	23	14592	01/15/07 at 20:26:17 By: pumi
Polar Bear system There is a site called videochess.net. On it GM danielsen*(might be spelled incorrectly) goes over this system he created called the polar bear system. He uses basic ideas from the dutch defense wit... Started 04/24/07 at 17:34:54 by megazord	2	2380	04/24/07 at 19:21:54 By: Alien chess
1. f4-e5 Just for my information: as a f4 player what would you play after 1.f4-e5: - 2. e4 switching into the King's Gambit - 2. fe5 going without fear for the From Gambit Started 07/06/07 at 07:49:58 by thibdb13	14	8666	08/17/07 at 15:12:20 By: thibdb13
Poll: Bird's opening - which setup? Continuing my inquiries on the Bird, I'd like to know which setup f4-players do prefer. (the choice is based on Taylor's book) I'd like to try the Leningrad but I have the impression that this se... Started 07/08/07 at 16:29:26 by thibdb13	8	6361	08/21/07 at 16:33:04 By: Black_Widow

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