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That was a great game. I'm going to have to learn the Bird.
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what game are you talking about? I play the bird and would like to know what your findings are. I firmly believe that from's gambit is unsound and i do tend to be able to hang on the pawn (at least in the opening.)
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On the issue of From's gambit: I prefer to switch to the kings gambit in the event I play the Bird. However one should not forget who the Bird was named after: Henry Edward Bird, who was humourly innaccurate. But then again with competition like Zukertort, Paulsen, Anderssen, Steinitz, and even Morphy you really can't expect him to have a plus record. He's dissapointingly anti-positional (IE: Bird played the 1.e4,e5 2.Nf3,Nc6 3.Bb5,Nd4 4.Nxd4,exd4 5.d3,h5?! And 1.e4,c5 2.Nf3,e6 3.d4,cxd4 4.Nxd4,Nf6 5.Nc3,Bb4?! lines, and many other poor openings as well) Nontheless the Bird is a sound opening, I just prefer a pawn at d4 instead as it's stronger then f4, sometimes it's better not to be afraid to block the long diagonal as it reinforces e5 that much more.
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Oh and against the Bird I like 1...c5 and an eventuall ...d6 as one cannot forget the fight for e5, and is why I don't like ...d5 lines when I play black. Theres a danger that white will play. 1.f4,c5 2.e4! a reversed grand prix attack, but this is equal for both sides, just like every other sicilian (except for that better for white sicilian ...Bb4 pin I mentioned lol!)
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1.f4 c5 2.e4 is the ordinary Grand Prix attack. I guess you mean ``reversed'' in the sense that White has played his moves in the reverse order. (It's usually used to mean ``With the colours swapped'' so, e.g., the 1.c4 e5 lines are ``reversed Sicilians''.)
To be honest, I don't think 2.e4 is a very good move, as it allows 2... d5!, an interesting gambit due to Tal. White usually goes for 2.Nc3 and 3.f4 precisely to avoid this line.
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