Bird Opening: Swiss Gambit
1. f4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g4
The Bird Opening: Swiss Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A02, reached after 1. f4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g4. It is a line of the Bird Opening. Black is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: −0.73 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 4… h6 5. d3 d5 6. dxe4 Bxg4 7. Be2)
- ECO
- A02
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. f4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g4
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Comes from
Bird Opening: Wagner-Zwitersch Gambit 1. f4 f5 2. e4
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- 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: Lasker Gambit 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.