Bird's Opening
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Well I've played once as black against Bird's and I lost. And I've tried it a couple times as white and won both. But my opponents weren't that great, so...
Unluckily I don't have a PGN of any of the games.
I've only recently begun playing against Bird's Opening, and have had a hard time of it. Anybody know a good positional player's response?
the bird's opening could be responded by 1... e5 , which is interesting from the tactical point of view.
I played through a few Bird's Opening games today in the bookstore, and I was intrigued to say the least.
Timothy Taylor (IM who wrote the book on the Bird that I read today) had some interesting points about the Bird, such as white's valuable e5 square, how it's like a reversed dutch with an extra tempo, how From's Gambit isn't as good as people think it is, etc.
I'm considering ordering it off of Amazon.com....can get it for x-mas .
What are your experiences playing the Bird (on either side of the board)?
Do you have any of your Bird encounters that you'd be willing to share here/send me the PGN of?
Regardless what you think of the Bird, it's definitely a fun opening to learn about and I'm looking forward to using it in match play. I'll definitely post the games when I do play the Bird OTB.