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- Caissa Codex
- Bird Opening A02
- From's Gambit A02
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Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Langheld Gambit
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%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nf3 | 7,106 | |
| dxc7 | 5,631 | |
| g3 | 254 | |
| d7+ | 95 | |
| d4 | 85 | |
| d3 | 64 | |
| Nc3 | 64 | |
| e3 | 48 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:33:50
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