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Bird Opening: Swiss Gambit
Overview
Bird Opening: Swiss 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 7 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. f4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g4.
The line refines Bird Opening: Wagner-Zwitersch Gambit, which traces back to the root opening Bird Opening.
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- ECO code
- A02
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 7
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Statistics from Lichess
317 games · White 58.7% / Draw 3.8% / Black 37.5%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| d5 | 193 | |
| h6 | 53 | |
| e6 | 23 | |
| g6 | 21 | |
| d6 | 17 | |
| e5 | 4 | |
| c6 | 2 | |
| b6 | 1 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:34:28
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