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

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1. f4 - The Polar Bear System As exponents of 1.f4 know, GM Henrik Danielsen is one of the leading experts in developing theory and playing 1.f4. Now he has started a series of video lectures about this opening and you can follow ... Started 02/07/07 at 10:07:41 by xzibit « Pages 1 2 all »	23	28545	02/12/08 at 08:11:35 By: le_gars
1. f4 f5 ? So now that I'm playing the Bird regularly, I've started running into this response occasionally. Taylor's "Bird's Opening" book seems to think that the gambit approach (2. e4) is probably not q... Started 06/07/10 at 15:07:18 by Fromper	10	11915	06/13/10 at 12:50:18 By: Stefan Buecker
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
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
A Dutch Bird? I've been toying with the Bird's opening as white and the Dutch as black. However, before I delve too deeply and spend too much time on them I wanted to know what the current opinions and status of th... Started 05/18/09 at 13:19:55 by halfacreek « Pages 1 2 all »	23	16049	09/13/09 at 19:08:37 By: Johannes Brahms
Another Bird question Except Taylor's book, could someone recommend another book about Bird's opening. About twenty years ago, I read a book called "Holländisch bis Bird Eröffnung" written by Taimanov but I did not find it... Started 08/14/07 at 18:20:00 by thibdb13 « Pages 1 2 all »	23	14102	08/24/07 at 23:41:38 By: HgMan
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
Approaching the Bird Hi all, In a few weeks I have to play an important game with black against a strong player (dutch rating app. 2150) who seems to play 1. f4. It's a sort of must-win situation and as I fear he is ... Started 02/22/10 at 21:14:51 by René	9	9667	02/24/10 at 09:57:19 By: René
Are there any good books on the bird opening? Hi, I am interested in a leningrad reversed opening for white. Is there any book on this? Started 12/04/14 at 20:47:42 by battleangel (Ex Member)	4	5561	03/10/15 at 12:51:32 By: Zagorka
Bird - Black plays d5 and Nc6 On a rapid tournament in Czechia, I faced twice this move order: 1. f4-d5 2.Nf3-Nc6 I eventually won both games but did not feel secure in the opening (I continued on the Leningrad way and in one... Started 08/11/07 at 17:49:04 by thibdb13	13	8244	09/27/07 at 08:12:49 By: thibdb13
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 Double Fianchetto as English Defence Reversed The Queen Fianchetto Bird (also called Real Bird or True Bird) can be fun to play, but less so if Black follows the modern main line: 1. f4 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c... Started 02/05/09 at 16:31:11 by linksspringer	2	3240	05/29/09 at 15:00:38 By: BirdBrain
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
Bird Opening Sources This post brings together all those comments made about Bird’s Opening over the years here at ChessPublishing.com. I’ve also included other sources as you will see below. I’m hoping others will add to... Started 02/21/12 at 04:30:00 by Sylvester	6	18455	09/11/16 at 23:37:50 By: Sylvester
Bird Players to learn from I am starting to work on a database for birds opening and I am looking to add some of the advocates of it. Famous or otherwise. So far I have Danielsen, Nimzowitsch, Bird and Taylor. Does any one here... Started 07/11/09 at 18:50:14 by Jormechea	10	6941	08/10/09 at 21:00:26 By: Phil Adams
Bird question (black) Against the Bird I have never known any theory but played the usual setup Nf6, g6, d5, c5, Nc6 etc. but I can not say I fully understand all the middlegame plans and I find myself spending a lot of ti... Started 08/04/08 at 17:46:49 by Bocajaka	1	1794	08/04/08 at 20:56:48 By: Black_Widow
Bird Repertoire I've recently returned to Bird's Opening as a means of achieving positions less scrutinized by theory. Previously, this involved preparing a line against the From and hacking away at the Classical Bir... Started 11/29/11 at 17:13:07 by HgMan « Pages 1 2 3 all »	40	40552	08/12/14 at 00:25:30 By: Pcal
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 vs. Nimzowitsch A question for Bird players as well as Nimzowitsch players. After 1.f4 Nc6 i want to know black's best practical chance to play for the win. I have an interesting system i'd like opinions on. [b] If white pl Started 04/22/07 at 07:09:34 by FusterCluck « Pages 1 2 all »	20	33272	07/07/09 at 09:53:06 By: Viking

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