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Bird Opening: Lasker Gambit
Overview
Bird Opening: Lasker 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 f6, after 4 plies of opening development.
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
- 4
- Parent
- Bird Opening: From's Gambit
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Statistics from Lichess
44,415 games · White 51.5% / Draw 3.6% / Black 44.9%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| exf6 | 30,057 | |
| Nf3 | 10,483 | |
| e4 | 1,631 | |
| d4 | 1,107 | |
| e6 | 524 | |
| e3 | 280 | |
| Nc3 | 95 | |
| g3 | 88 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:34:08
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