Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Langheld Gambit
1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Nf6
The Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Langheld Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A02, reached after 1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Nf6. It is a line of the Bird Opening. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 68 times by this move order. White won 35%, 8% were drawn and Black won 57%. The most popular continuation is 4. Nf3 (51% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.58 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 4. Nc3 Bxd6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 c5)
- ECO
- A02
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Nf6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 6 | |
| 1500-1999 | 32 | |
| 2000+ | 30 | |
| All | 68 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. Nf3 | 35 (51%) | |
| 4. dxc7 | 29 (43%) | |
| 4. Nc3 | 1 (1%) | |
| 4. d4 | 1 (1%) | |
| 4. e3 | 1 (1%) | |
| 4. g3 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
11 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 36%, draw 19%, Black 45%). The strongest:
- Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) – Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-29
- GM Raven Sturt (2459) – IM Mohamed Ezat (2349) 1-0 · Titled Tue 30th Jan Early · 2024-01-30
- FM Hugo Wernberg (2204) – FM Jacob Dreelinck (2241) 1-0 · Titled Tue 10th Dec Early · 2024-12-10
- Jimmy Lafosse (2205) – Tijs Cocquyt (1976) 1-0 · TCh-BEL 2023-24 · 2023-11-19
- Iulian Necula (1890) – IM Chris W Baker (2227) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 20th Apr · 2021-04-20
Search all games of the Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Langheld Gambit and its sub-variations
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Comes from
Bird Opening: From's Gambit 1. f4 e5
More Bird Opening lines (all)
- Bird Opening A02
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- Bird Opening: Double Duck Formation A02
- Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Bahr 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.