Bird Opening: From's Gambit

1. f4 e5

Bird Opening: From's Gambit after 1. f4 e5 87654321abcdefgh

The Bird Opening: From's Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A02, reached after 1. f4 e5. It is a line of the Bird Opening. White is to move. 8 named lines continue from this position.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 12,209 times by this move order. White won 49%, 3% were drawn and Black won 48%. The most popular continuation is 2. fxe5 (73% of games).

Engine evaluation: +0.42 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 Nf6)

ECO
A02
Moves
2 plies
FEN
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PGN
1. f4 e5

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Results by rating

Average ratingGamesWhite / draw / Black
0-14993,32848%48%
1500-19996,66448%49%
2000+2,21750%46%
All12,20949%48%

Most played moves

MoveGamesWhite / draw / Black
2. fxe58,931 (73%)50%46%
2. Nf31,292 (11%)44%52%
2. d3630 (5%)47%50%
2. e3416 (3%)47%50%
2. e4375 (3%)47%48%
2. f5159 (1%)36%60%
2. d4148 (1%)42%55%
2. g3137 (1%)39%58%

Master games

821 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 43%, draw 13%, Black 44%). The strongest:

Search all games of the Bird Opening: From's Gambit and its sub-variations

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Comes from

Bird Opening 1. f4

Continuations

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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.