Bird Opening: Thomas Gambit
1. f4 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 d4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3
The Bird Opening: Thomas Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A03, reached after 1. f4 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 d4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3. 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: +0.58 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 5… Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Qe2 e6 8. exd4)
- ECO
- A03
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. f4 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 d4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3
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Comes from
Bird Opening: Dutch Variation 1. f4 d5
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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.