My mommy, my daddy, and my good old grandpappy don't play it so I don't.
Thoughts on Bird's Opening
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May 19, 2021
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#4
It is significantly weaker than the "Big 4" (e4, d4, c4, Nf3, in no particular order)
May 19, 2021
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#5
ThrillerFan wrote:
It is significantly weaker than the "Big 4" (e4, d4, c4, Nf3, in no particular order)
"Big 5" since 1. g3 is as good as 1. Nf3, often leading to KIA. 
May 19, 2021
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#6
Yigor wrote:
ThrillerFan wrote:
It is significantly weaker than the "Big 4" (e4, d4, c4, Nf3, in no particular order)
"Big 5" since 1. g3 is as good as 1. Nf3, often leading to KIA.
1.g3 is slightly weaker because it allows 1...e5.
May 19, 2021
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#7
Well my first game on chess.com I used the bird and I won so I think its epic
May 19, 2021
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#8
danielturtlepro wrote:
Well my first game on chess.com I used the bird and I won so I think its epic
What was your opponent rated? 1100?
If you defend Dutch Defence 1 d4 f5 as black, then opening 1 f4 as white makes sense: the same with an extra tempo.
May 19, 2021
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#10
tygxc wrote:
If you defend Dutch Defence 1 d4 f5 as black, then opening 1 f4 as white makes sense: the same with an extra tempo.
Only if Black plays 1...d5 is that true.
In the Dutch, White has committed to d4, weakening e4, and Black controls e4 with 1...f5.
Not the case in Bird's Opening. Black can play 1...d5 and go for a reverse Dutch, but he is not obligated to, and e5 is not weakened by Black like e4 is by White. For example, 1.f4 d6.
1.f4 is fine, as far as I'm concerned. You can play ala-Leningrad Dutch against 1...d5, an improved Grand Prix Sicilian against 1...c5, and an interesting double-edged gambit against 1...e5. All that with much less theoretical knowledge than the required one to play 1.e4, 1.d4 or 1.c4.
Just wanna know what y'all think about 1. f4