Interesting. I have been using the Bird opening quite a bit as white. I'll experiment later on live with some of these ideas. The value as I understand it with Bird opening (the theory at least) is that it is supposed to give you an advantage during the mid game part.

Also when using the Dodo, it seems that you dont develop very quickly. Is there a twist or trick to incorporate development as well as queen attack???? 

So when playing the Dodo the queen is played on the 3rd move of white if black accepts? With that being the case I have tried this combination, but have been chased around the board in an attempt to avoid losing my queen. Any suggestions?

cool opening, and nice name

Thanks for over 600 reads!!!

nice, thanks

...Bd6 e5 Qe7 d4 c5 c3 Nc6 Nf3

Looks like 3...d5 just totally busts this move.

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The game between MikeDoyle and I has concluded. Please see the posted link for those who may be interested.

very interesting...

The database at Master Chess Games Chess Club has 5 games in it using The Dodo.  That database contains any and all non-drawn games people choose to upload to it, so there are a lot of goofy blunder-laden games in it.  The position in their data base is here: http://www.masterchessgames.com/index.php?main=Chess-Openings-Explorer&movenum=6&pieces=e4,e5,f4,exf4,Qg4.  I didn't bother to look for the 5 games in the database, but if you are really interested in the dodo gambit, you should.  They could be posted here as examples.  

Also, when I was searching for something on the dodo before I started playing this game using it with Strangequark, seemed liked there was one game in the database at chessok.com from an actual masters tournament perhaps.  I can't look at that database for it now though, because it displays computer generated 'eval' numbers and so is considered cheating by chess.com.  I might look at it after Strangequark and I finish this game, but anyone interested  in the dodo can easily go there, find it, and post the game here as an example.  But please, no computer evaluation numbers at least until we finish this game.

A good example game should be one where the person playing white Is a proponent of this gambit, believes it has value.  In the game we are playing, I ended up dumping the dodo (QxQ) early when it made sense to, so not sure how good an example it will be, unless that's the plan.  That's the thing, I never heard of this gambit before and am definitely not a proponent of it.  IMHO any opening that relies on luck and one's opponent blundering is pure folly.  Me thinks they only play this thing in the Twilight Zone.  LOL

There is not a single game in the entire chess.com masters data base where anyone played 3. Qg4.  Chess.com does have an entry for it in their book openings section:  http://www.chess.com/opening/eco/C30_Kings_Gambit_Accepted_Dodo_Variation

Jailer asked Strangequark and me to play a game using using this, me as white, Strangequark as black.  We have just started it now:  

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=29903768

If no master ever played 3. Qg4 in the over 2.5 million games in the chess.com masters games database, not even once (LOL!), I don't know how on earth I  can possibly win playing such a dumb opening as white, but I'll give my best shot. 

i like it

Thank you all for reading my blog and not getting after me too badly because I messed up 4th diagram(first instructive blog, not that bad eh?). It will be corrected next time!!! Thanks for all the praise!!!

Nice opening, will try it, cant contribute much more, only around 1200.

very nicely done alex...although the king's gambit is not my favorite strategy in a chess game... you must respect it.

Interesting version of the kings gambit.  I used to play and study the kings gambit almost exclusively as white back 10 yrs ago or so. LOL...

I looked through this variation but didn't give it much credit as it looks very dangerous and risky for white. Black can force the white queen to move around the board gaining tempo, development and positional advantage with each attack of the queen.

It will be interesting to see how a NM or GM plays white with this variation. I would find it more interesting to see how a NM or GM  plays black and punishes white in this opening. :)

Nice presentation, except for the last diagram.  You have much potential to present many variations which are not seen often.  Keep up the good work.