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A02

Bird Opening: From's Gambit

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Overview

Bird Opening: From's Gambit is a gambit, classified under ECO code A02 within the Flank Openings family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.

The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.

Play reaches this position via 1. f4 e5, after 2 plies of opening development.

It is a direct variation of Bird Opening.

It is the root of 8 named variations, with Bahr Gambit, Langheld Gambit, Lasker Variation, and others among the most studied.

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ECO code
A02
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
2
Parent
Bird Opening
Direct variations
8

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Variations (8)