Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Lasker Variation
1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5
The Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Lasker Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A02, reached after 1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5. 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 942 times by this move order. White won 51%, 3% were drawn and Black won 46%. The most popular continuation is 5. g3 (54% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.47 (Stockfish, depth 65; best line 5. g3 g4 6. Nh4 Ne7 7. d4 Ng6)
- ECO
- A02
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 21 | |
| 1500-1999 | 495 | |
| 2000+ | 426 | |
| All | 942 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. g3 | 504 (54%) | |
| 5. d4 | 180 (19%) | |
| 5. d3 | 111 (12%) | |
| 5. h3 | 50 (5%) | |
| 5. e4 | 48 (5%) | |
| 5. e3 | 24 (3%) | |
| 5. c3 | 12 (1%) | |
| 5. g4 | 5 (1%) |
Master games
419 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 47%, draw 11%, Black 42%). The strongest:
- Stockfish 20210113 (3601) – LCZero 0.27.0d-Tilps-dje-magic_JH.94-100 (3586) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 20 Superfinal 2020 · 2021-01-21
- LCZero 0.27.0d-Tilps-dje-magic_JH.94-100 (3586) – Stockfish 20210113 (3601) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 20 Superfinal 2020 · 2021-01-21
- GM Vladimir Fedoseev (2678) – GM Paulius Pultinevicius (2512) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 26th May · 2020-05-26
- IM Lars Oskar Hauge (2483) – GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2658) 1-0 · Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup · 2019-11-14
- GM Aram Hakobyan (2638) – FM Michail Vassis (2372) 1-0 · Titled Tue 22nd Sep 2026 · 2026-09-22
Search all games of the Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Lasker Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Eldoradoremi (2631) – Twitch_WhitePrince01 (2523) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- miro-aliraqi (2535) – Sableye_302 (2521) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- miro-aliraqi (2550) – ana_7azeen (2485) 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, Bahr Gambit A02
- Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Langheld Gambit 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.