Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Bahr Gambit
1. f4 e5 2. Nc3
The Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Bahr Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A02, reached after 1. f4 e5 2. Nc3. 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 15 times by this move order. White won 40%, 7% were drawn and Black won 53%. The most popular continuation is 2… exf4 (47% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.35 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 2… exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bxf4)
- ECO
- A02
- Moves
- 3 plies
- FEN
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1. f4 e5 2. Nc3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 4 | |
| 1500-1999 | 11 | |
| All | 15 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2… exf4 | 7 (47%) | |
| 2… d6 | 2 (13%) | |
| 2… Bb4 | 1 (7%) | |
| 2… e4 | 1 (7%) | |
| 2… Nc6 | 1 (7%) | |
| 2… Bc5 | 1 (7%) | |
| 2… Qh4+ | 1 (7%) | |
| 2… d5 | 1 (7%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 0%, draw 0%, Black 100%). The strongest:
- Arne Bahr (1695) – Juergen Hertling (1842) 0-1 · VMCG Open A 2016 · 2016-07-07
Search all games of the Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Bahr Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- ashallashall (1918) – Elhumilde11 (2039) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- marco-sala (1986) – Ugin55 (1944) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- mo7amed_kh26 (1862) – mannylasker (1951) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Bird Opening: From's Gambit 1. f4 e5
More Bird Opening lines (all)
- Bird Opening A02
- Bird Opening: Batavo-Polish Attack A02
- Bird Opening: Double Duck Formation A02
- Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Langheld Gambit A02
- Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Lasker Variation A02
- Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Lipke Variation A02
- Bird Opening: Hobbs Gambit A02
- Bird Opening: Hobbs-Zilbermints Gambit A02
- Bird Opening: Horsefly Defense A02
- Bird Opening: Lasker Gambit A02
- Bird Opening: Mujannah A02
- Bird Opening: Myers Defense A02
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.