Chess Openings Bird Opening

Apr 20, 2026, 11:25 AM | 0

.with moves 1 and 4

The opening was first mentioned by Luis

A Bird opening is a chess opening that begins

Ramirez de Lucena in his book "Repetición de Amores y Arte de Ajedrez con ci luegos de Partido", published around 1497. In the mid- 19th century, the opening was used by Louis Charles de la Bourdonnais and Elijah Williams, among others. The British artist Henry Bird first used it in 1855 and continued to use it for the

next 40 years. In 1885, the opening was read under his name by the newspaper The Hereford

.Times

In the 20th century, Aaron Nimetzovich and Sebli Tartakover occasionally used 1. and 4. In

used the opening regularly were Bennett

Larsen, Andrew Soltis, Lars Carlsson and

.Mikhail Gurevich

recent decades, among the great artists who

Black's most powerful response is 1...e5, the Fromm Gambit named after the Danish chess player Martin Severin Fromm (1828-1895). White can move to the King's Gambit by moving 2.e4. If White captures the pawn, Black must choose between the usual option, 2...d6,

.and 2...q6

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