![]() According to Taylor, White has a large advantage in all lines, although play remains extremely sharp, e.g. Taylor considers 4.g5 dubious a quiet response that he considers favourable for White is 5.d4 g4 6.Ne5! (6.Ng5 ? leads to a dubious piece sacrifice) Bxe5 7.dxe5 Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1 Nc6 9.Nc3! Be6 (9.Nxe5?! 10.Bf4 f6 11.Nd5 Kd8 12.Nxf6!) 10.Bf4 0-0-0+ 11.Ke1 Nge7 12.e3 Ng6 13.Bg5 Rdf8 14.Bf6 Rhg8 15.Be2 Ngxe5 16.Rf1 "with the typical edge for White that is characteristic of this variation", according to Taylor. Then Black again has two alternatives: 4.g5 to drive away White's knight, and 4.Nf6, threatening 5.Ng4 and 6.Nxh2! Future world champion Emanuel Lasker introduced 4.g5 in the game Bird–Lasker, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1892, so it is known as "Lasker's Variation". After the normal 2.d6 3.exd6 Bxd6, White must play 4.Nf3, avoiding 4.Nc3 ? Qh4+ 5.g3 Qxg3+ 6.hxg3 Bxg3 checkmate. After 2.Nc6, International Master (IM) Timothy Taylor, in his 2005 book on the Bird's, recommends 3.Nc3 ! Nxe5 4.d4 intending 5.e4, rather than 3.Nf3 ?! g5! when Black stands well. ![]() If White accepts the gambit with 2.fxe5, Black must choose between the main line 2.d6 and the rather obscure 2.Nc6. It has been observed that one of the possible disadvantages of From's Gambit is that it is very easy for White to avoid. This is an important option which may cause Black to consider playing a different line if they wish to avoid the King's Gambit. ![]() White then has the option to transpose into the King's Gambit with 2.e4. 2.c4 is not a true gambit, since if Black tries to hold on to their pawn, they will be punished (2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 b5 ? 4.a4 c6? 5.axb5 cxb5 6.Qf3, where Black must part with a minor piece, akin to the Queen's Gambit Accepted trap).īlack's sharpest reply is 1.e5 !?, From's Gambit, named for the Danish chess player Martin Severin From (1828–1895). The best move in this position is 2.d4, where the game continues in the style of the Réti Opening, with 3.Nf3 being a possible next move. Eventually, this move order is followed by Nf3. This is a decent opening and seems to borrow ideas from the Réti Opening (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4) and the Queen's Gambit Accepted. White can also play 2.c4, the Mujannah-Sturm gambit. Timothy Taylor's book on Bird's Opening suggests as a main line: 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 Nf6 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 c5. Ne5, Bf3, Qe2 and finally e3–e4, or simply Nc3 followed by e4. Another strategy, by analogy with the Ilyin–Zhenevsky variation of the Dutch Defence, involves White playing Nf3, e3, Be2, 0-0, d3 and attempting to achieve the break e3–e4 by various means, e.g. ![]() White will then often either fianchetto their king's bishop with Nf3, g3, Bg2, and 0–0 with a reversed Leningrad Dutch adopt a Stonewall formation with pawns on d4, e3, and f4 and attempt a kingside attack or fianchetto their queen's bishop to increase their hold on the e5-square. Black's most common response is 1.d5, when the game can take on the character of a Dutch Defence (1.d4 f5) with colours reversed. ![]()
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