Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Lipke Variation
1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 Nh6 5. d4
The Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Lipke Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A02, reached after 1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 Nh6 5. d4. 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 3 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 5… Ng4 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.54 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 5… Ng4 6. Qd3 c5 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Qe4+)
- ECO
- A02
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 Nh6 5. d4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 2 | |
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 3 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Ng4 | 3 (100%) |
Master games
3 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 33%, draw 0%, Black 67%). The strongest:
- CM Amir Ali Ghafourian (2136) – GM Samuel Sevian (2688) 0-1 · 1st 3-0 Thu 8th Jan 2026 · 2026-01-08
- CM Peter A Williams (2238) – Igor Dubrovich (2040) 1-0 · Titled Tue 24th Dec Early · 2024-12-24
- Francisc Torok (2082) – FM Alexandru Calin (2179) 0-1 · TCh-ROU Div A 2019 · 2019-09-22
Search all games of the Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Lipke Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Wudding (2185) – Truthpirate (2208) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- bokis420 (1935) – jer1700 (1984) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 300 + 0s
- jesaya_siregar (1576) – rak62 (1609) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Bird Opening: From's Gambit 1. f4 e5
More Bird Opening lines (all)
- Bird Opening A02
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- Bird Opening: From's Gambit, Lasker 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.