Bird Opening: Lasker Gambit
1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 f6
The Bird Opening: Lasker Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A02, reached after 1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 f6. 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 337 times by this move order. White won 54%, 5% were drawn and Black won 41%. The most popular continuation is 3. exf6 (67% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.88 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 3. d4 fxe5 4. dxe5 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6)
- ECO
- A02
- Moves
- 4 plies
- FEN
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1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 f6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 138 | |
| 1500-1999 | 182 | |
| 2000+ | 17 | |
| All | 337 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3. exf6 | 227 (67%) | |
| 3. Nf3 | 84 (25%) | |
| 3. d4 | 10 (3%) | |
| 3. e4 | 8 (2%) | |
| 3. e6 | 4 (1%) | |
| 3. g3 | 2 (1%) | |
| 3. e3 | 1 (0%) | |
| 3. Nc3 | 1 (0%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Beth_Harmon1958 (2532) – SiSi5i (2397) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- qasxgjmlhfbhlhsixcgh (2320) – Merikard (2342) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
- Kvelermatt (2191) – astrozilla (2250) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 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, 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: 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.