Bird Opening: Batavo-Polish Attack
1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4
The Bird Opening: Batavo-Polish Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO A02, reached after 1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4. It is a line of the Bird Opening. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 3… Bg7 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.35 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 3… c6 4. e3 Bg7 5. a4 O-O 6. Be2)
- ECO
- A02
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 2 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… Bg7 | 2 (100%) |
Master games
5 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 20%, draw 80%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- IM Srdjan Sale (2389) – Jiri Houska (2183) 1/2-1/2 · 2nd Split Open 2012 · 2012-08-15
- IM Daria Charochkina (2355) – WFM Jana Mukhina (2105) 1/2-1/2 · ch-RUS Blitz Women 2019 · 2019-10-17
- Gustavo Alarcon Careaga (2138) – IM Julio Benedetti (2281) 1-0 · Norberto La Porta Cup · 2019-03-27
- Helge Gundersen (2242) – Bernt Nordby (2150) 1/2-1/2 · 12th ch-Euro Seniors · 2012-08-25
- CM Amir Ali Ghafourian (2111) – WGM Irina Mikhailova (2143) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 19th Aug Early · 2025-08-19
Search all games of the Bird Opening: Batavo-Polish Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Cavint (1956) – Lickonay (2109) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
- Cot18 (1622) – Bauerd8 (1623) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 1800 + 0s
Comes from
Bird Opening 1. f4
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Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.