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A03 Bird Opening: Dutch Variation8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h
1.f4 d5

A03 is the opening Bird Opening: Dutch Variation of the volume A · Flank openings: 2 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 8 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

2,582 games in the collections, from 1834 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2382.

White wins 29 %, draws 30 %, Black wins 41 %

Most games: Pelikan, Jorge (68), Bird, Henry Edward (54), Blatny, Pavel (48), Mozes, Ervin (48), Danielsen, Henrik (47)

All 8 variations

  1. Bird Opening: Dutch Variation 1.f4 d5
  2. Bird Opening: Dutch Variation, Dudweiler Gambit 1.f4 d5 2.g4
  3. Bird Opening: Lasker Variation 1.f4 d5 2.♘f3 ♘f6 3.e3 c5
  4. Bird Opening: Sturm Gambit 1.f4 d5 2.c4
  5. Bird Opening: Thomas Gambit 1.f4 d5 2.b3 ♘f6 3.♗b2 d4 4.♘f3 c5 5.e3
  6. Bird Opening: Williams Gambit 1.f4 d5 2.e4
  7. Bird Opening: Williams Gambit 1.f4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♕e2
  8. Bird Opening: Williams-Zilbermints Gambit 1.f4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.♘ge2