Chess Opening Theory/1. f4
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| Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation(FEN) rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/5P2/8/PPPPP1PP/RNBQKBNR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moves: 1.f4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bird's Opening
1. f4
This is not a very common move; its aim is to over-protect the e5 square which later can be occupied by a White Knight. Black sometimes attempts to stop this plan as early as move one, by responding with ...e5, the From Gambit.
Statistics
Approximately chances: White win 35%, Draw 25%, Black win 39%
Estimated next move popularity: d5 49%, Nf6 15%, e5 11%, c5 9%, g6 8%, d6 2% other moves less than 0.5%
Theory table
For explanation of theory tables see theory table and for notation see algebraic notation
- 1. f4
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| f4 d5 |
Nf3 Nf6 |
e3 g6 |
Be2 Bg7 |
= | ||
| ... Nf6 |
Nf3 g6 |
e3 Bg7 |
Be2 O-O |
= | ||
| f4 e6 |
g4 Qh4# |
N/A N/A |
N/A N/A |
0-1 | ||
| From Gambit | ... e5 |
fxe5 d6 |
exd6 Bxd6 |
Nf3 Nf6 |
∞ | |
| Symmetric Variation | ... f5 |
∞ | ||||
| ... g6 |
Nf3 d5 |
e3 Bg7 |
d4 Nh6 |
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References
- Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.
- Modern Chess Openings: MCO-14. 1999. Nick de Firmian, Walter Korn. ISBN 0-8129-3084-3.
- Batsford Chess Openings 2 (1989, 1994). Garry Kasparov, Raymond Keene. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.
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