Annotated Bird Opening Games (Printed Sources) for Those With Access to Libraries Large and Small
I've tried to impose some sort of historical perspective on the list.
Be aware that The Big Bird PowerBase has over 700 annotated games. This and Oleinikov's CD should be manitory purchases for a Bird Opening player (imo).
Pre-1900
Understanding Pawn Play in Chess by D. Marovic Staunton vs Bristol Chess Club, 1844-1845, p.118
Master of Attack The Chess Games of Adolf Anderssen by Burnett and Pickard Wyvill vs A.A., 1851, p.38 Deacon vs A.A., 1851, p.40 A.A. vs Kolisch, (1.f4 f5), 1861, p.51 Kolisch vs A.A., (1.f4 f5), 1861, p.52 Zukertorte vs A.A., (1.e3 2.c4 3.f4), 1868, p.68 Zukertorte vs A.A., (1.e3 2.c4 3.f4), 1868, p.72 Bird vs A.A., 1873, p.91 Pitschel vs A.A., (1.c4 2.e3 3.f4), 1876, p.101 Pitschel vs A.A., (1.c4 2.e3 3.f4), 1878, p.114 Laroche vs A.A., (1.f4 f5), 1860, p.187 Mongredien vs A.A., (1.f4 f5), 1862, p.210 A.A. vs Switzar, 1875, p.283 De Groot vs A.A., (1.f4 f5), 1875, p.284
Morphy’s Games of Chess by P.W. Sergeant Laroche vs Morphy, 1859, p.285
Emanuel Lasker Games 1889-1903 by Chess Stars Reif vs Lasker, (From Gambit), 1889, p.7 Bird vs Lasker, (From Gambit), 1892, p.85 Bird vs Lasker, (From Gambit), 1895, p.188 Lasker vs Bauer (A03), 1889, p.13 Bird and Lasker Match, 1890 #1, (A03), p.31 #3, (A03), p.33 #5, (A03), p.35 #9, (A03), p.39 #11, (A03), p.41 Bird vs Lasker, 1892, p.61
Amos Burn: A Chess Biography, by Richard Forster Thorold vs Burn, 1876, p.122 Burn vs Cook, (From Gambit), 1883, p.182 Bird vs Burn Match (1886) # 5, p.211 # 9, p.212 # 13, p.214 # 15, p.214 #17, p.217 Bird vs Burn, 1886, p.219 Bird vs Burn, 1887, p.323 Hanham vs Burn, 1889, p.374 Chigorin vs Burn, 1907, p.778
Lasker’s Greatest Chess Games 1889-1914 by Reinfeld Lasker vs Bauer, 1889, p.21
Why Lasker Matters by GM A. SoltisLasker vs Bauer, 1889, p. 14
Emanuel Lasker 2nd World Chess Champion by Isaak and Vladimir Linder Bird vs Lasker, 1890, p.52 Bird vs Lasker, 1892, p.54 Lasker vs Bauer, 1889, p.196
Emanuel Lasker The Life of a Chess Master by Hannak Lasker vs Bauer, 1889, p.37
Three Hundred Chess Games by Siegbert TarraschMason vs Tarrasch, 1885 or 1886, p.62 Tarrasch vs Wilfried Paulsen, 1888, p.136 Bird vs Tarrasch, 1890, p.207
Charousek’s Games of Chess by P.W. Sergeant Maroczy vs Charousek, 1895, p.113 Konyovits vs Charousek, 1895, p.197
My Great Predecessors Part I Lasker vs Bauer, 1889, p.118
Blackburne’s Chess Games by J.H. Blackburne Bird vs Blackburne, (From Gambit), 1888, p.131 Bird vs Blackburne, (From Gambit), 1892, p.132 Bird vs Blackburne, (1.f4 d6), 1883, p.131
500 Master Games of Chess by Tartakower and Dumont Buckle vs Lowenthal, 1851, p.646 Lasker vs Bauer, 1889, p.647 Tartakower vs Prins, 1936, p.649
1900 to 1955 The Game of Chess by S. Tarrasch Discussion of Bird’s Opening, p.218
Frank Marshall, United States Chess Champion, by GM A. Soltis Albin vs Marshall, (From Gambit), 1903, p.38
Life and Games of Akiva Rubinstein Vol 1 (2nd Edition) Yurevich vs Rubinstein, A03, 1903, p.26 Freiman vs Rubinstein, A02, 1912, p.287
Carl Schlechter Life and Times of the Austrian Chess Wizzard Albin vs Schlechter, 1899/1900, p.151 Albin vs Schlechter, 1907, p.262
S.G. Tartakower My Best Games of Chess 1905-1954
Volume 1, 1905-1930 Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1910, p.45 Tartakower vs Jaffe, 1911, p.48 Tartakower vs Barasz, 1913, p.50 Tartakower vs Asztalos, 1913, p.52 Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1913, p.55
Decisive Games in Chess History by Pachman Tartakower vs Teichmann, 1922, p.70
Aaron Nimzowitsch: A Reappraisal, Nimzowitsch vs Kmoch, 1927, p. 193
Bogoljubow The Fate of a Chess Player by Chess Stars Grigoriev vs Bogoljubow, 1924, p.87
My System 21st Century Edition by Lou HaysNimzowitsch vs Rosselli del Turco, 1925, p.229
Tarrasch’s Best Games of Chess by Reinfeld Schwarz vs Tarrasch, 1932, p. 217 Tarrasch vs Allies, 1914, p. 368 Tarrasch vs Satzinger, 1915, p.371
S.G. Tartakower My Best Games of Chess 1905-1954
Volume 2, 1931-1954 Tartakower vs Prins, 1936, p.76 Tartakower vs Winter, 1936, p.77
The Book of the Nottingham International Tournament by A. Alekhine Tartakower vs Lasker, 1936, p.66 Tartakower vs Vidmar, 1936, p.134
Alexander Alekhine Games 1935-1946 by Chess Stars Pelikan vs Alekhine, A02, (1.f4 f5 2.e4), 1936, p.85
Emanuel Lasker Games 1904-1940 by Chess Stars Tartakower vs Lasker, (A03), 1936, p.287
Masters of the Chessboard by R. Reti Discussion of Bird’s Opening, p.291
I Play Against Pieces by Gligoric, Rajkovic vs Gligoric, 1939, p. 265 Reshevsky’s Best Games of Chess by S. Reshevsky Reshevsky vs Traube, 1920, p.6 Seidman vs Reshevsky, 1939, p.173
Mikhail Botvinnik Games I (1924-1948), by Chess Stars David vs Botvinnik, (A03), 1938, p.281
Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur by Euwe and Meiden Beginner vs Master, p.1
Ideas Behind the Chess Openings by R. Fine Ch 7: Bird Opening and Nimzowitsch Attack, p.225-227
Post 1955
C.J.S. Purdy’s Fine Art of Chess Annotation and Other Thoughts Vol 1 Pikler vs Koshnitsky, p.89 Zile vs Kuszelansky, p.118
C.J.S. Purdy’s Fine Art of Chess Annotation and Other Thoughts Vol 2 Ozols vs Bowman, p.155
C.J.S. Purdy’s Fine Art of Chess Annotation and Other Thoughts Vol 3 Basta vs Purdy, p.89 Vybiral vs Purdy, p.121
C.J.S. Purdy’s Fine Art of Chess Annotation and Other Thoughts Vol 4 Crowl vs Purdy, p.100 Miller vs Shearer, p.134
Bobby Fischer Complete Games… by Lou Hays Hurttlen vs Fischer, 1957
Larsen’s Selected Games of Chess, p.66, T.D. Van Scheltinga vs B.L., 1964 p.117, Nyman vs B.L., 1966 p.92, B.L. vs Spassky, 1964
My Great Predecessors Part IVLarsen vs Spassky, 1964, p.164
Smyslov’s Best Games, Vol 2 Ljubojevic vs Smyslov, A02, 1972, p.198
Ljubomir Ljubojevic by Zofi Service Bo Jacobsen vs L.L., 1970, p.27 Dordevic vs L.L., 1969, p.134 L.L. vs Komljenovic, 1972, p.135 L.L. vs Osterman, 1975, p.135 L.L. vs Tringov, 1972, p.135 L.L. vs Zuidema, 1972, p.136
Chess on the Edge Volume 2 by Harper and Seirawan Leningrad Reversed via 1.g3 Suttles vs Bachtiar, 1972, p.411 Suttles vs Zuk, 1984, p.413
Understanding Your Chess by James Rizzitano Curdo vs Rizzitano, (A03), 1986
How to Become a Candidate Master by Alex Dunne Bird’s Opening, p.131
Chess Champion From China – Xie JunRotshtein vs Jun, 1997, p.192
How to Crush Your Chess Opponents by S. Williams Williams vs Zong, 1999, p.82
Mastering the Chess Openings Volume 4 by J. Watson Chapter 6: f-Pawns and Reversed Openings, p.182-211
This should be my last post here. I hope other players will identify other sources like articles in Kaissiber, NIC Yearbook, etc.
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