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A02

Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Langheld Gambit

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Overview

Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Langheld Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO A02, Flank Openings). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.

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

It is reached after 6 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Nf6.

The line refines Bird Opening: From's Gambit, which traces back to the root opening Bird Opening.

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ECO code
A02
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
6
Parent
Bird Opening: From's Gambit

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Statistics from Lichess

13,380 games · White 42.3% / Draw 3.7% / Black 54.0%

MovesGamesW / D / B
Nf37,106
dxc75,631
g3254
d7+95
d485
d364
Nc364
e348

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:33:50

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