Bird Opening: Mujannah
1. f4 Nf6 2. c4
The Bird Opening: Mujannah is a chess opening classified as ECO A02, reached after 1. f4 Nf6 2. c4. 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 88 times by this move order. White won 42%, 2% were drawn and Black won 56%. The most popular continuation is 2… g6 (27% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.31 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 2… d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3)
- ECO
- A02
- Moves
- 3 plies
- FEN
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1. f4 Nf6 2. c4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 30 | |
| 1500-1999 | 47 | |
| 2000+ | 11 | |
| All | 88 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2… g6 | 24 (27%) | |
| 2… d5 | 16 (18%) | |
| 2… e6 | 13 (15%) | |
| 2… Nc6 | 13 (15%) | |
| 2… d6 | 8 (9%) | |
| 2… b6 | 5 (6%) | |
| 2… c6 | 3 (3%) | |
| 2… c5 | 2 (2%) |
Master games
4 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 25%, draw 50%, Black 25%). The strongest:
- IM Harshavardhan G B (2397) – FM Sargis Sargissyan (2269) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 14th Dec · 2021-12-14
- Sandu Ungureanu (2094) – GM Tiberiu-Marian Georgescu (2463) 0-1 · 9th Arad Open 2016 · 2016-08-06
- Joerg Rene Mueller (1553) – Stefan Ellert (1355) 1/2-1/2 · Lichtenberger Sommer 2017 · 2017-08-26
Search all games of the Bird Opening: Mujannah and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- IM KamranShirazi (2429) – imsk (2543) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- IM KamranShirazi (2423) – chessasttter (2499) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- IM KamranShirazi (2430) – F2-freestyle (2482) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Bird Opening 1. f4
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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.