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Bird Opening:From's Gambit

1. f4 e5

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White to move

Legal moves
21
Games in the next 4 moves
443,288
Different positions among them
155,432
Named lines from here
10

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Named after the Danish player Martin Severin From: Black gives a pawn with 1...e5 to open lines against White’s king.

It is reached after 2 moves: 1. f4 e5. It is a line of the Bird Opening.

White is to move and has 21 legal moves. Over the next four moves — two for each side — the game can branch into 443,288 different games. Those games reach 155,432 different positions: most positions can be reached in more than one way, 2.9 on average.

The Lichess opening list names 10 further lines after this position, such as Bahr Gambit (2. Nc3) and Lasker Gambit (2. fxe5 f6).

Map of every game of the next four moves after the Bird Opening: From's Gambit
Every game of the next four moves from this position, as the map draws it. Each ring is one more move; the outer ring holds all 443,288 games.

Move by move

  1. 1. f4Bird Opening
  2. 1... e5Bird Opening: From's Gambit

Named lines from here

Related openings

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