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Bird Opening: Hobbs Gambit
Overview
Bird Opening: Hobbs 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 begins with 2 plies and takes 1. f4 g5 to reach the canonical position.
The line is a first-level refinement of Bird Opening.
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- ECO code
- A02
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 2
- Parent
- Bird Opening
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Statistics from Lichess
83,823 games · White 49.0% / Draw 3.7% / Black 47.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| fxg5 | 55,813 | |
| Nf3 | 7,722 | |
| d4 | 6,482 | |
| d3 | 4,935 | |
| f5 | 3,273 | |
| e3 | 3,267 | |
| e4 | 1,399 | |
| g3 | 407 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:33:59
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