Birds Opening:

Detailed Coverage Of An Underrated And Dynamic Choice For White

Timothy Taylor

• Publisher: Popular Chess
• eBook ISBN:
  9781781940389
• Year: 2005

Bird's Opening is an underrated and dynamic choice for White that immediately directs the game into relatively unexplored territory, setting Black players early problems and forcing them to think for themselves rather than having the luxury of relying on the theory of more mainstream openings. It's also a very flexible option that can lead to both sharp gambit play, such as the notorious From's Gambit, as well as quieter positional lines. In this book International Master Timothy Taylor unearths the secrets of Bird's Opening and its many deviations. Using illustrative games, he examines tactical and positional ideas for both colours and recommends the best paths in both the "main lines" and the lesser-trodden paths. A study of this book will give readers the required knowledge and confidence to play the Bird's Opening with either color. >Written by a Bird's Opening expert >A complete up-to-date survey on an active chess opening >Ideal for club and tournament players

Table of contents

• Bibliography
• Preface
• Introduction – The Historical Bird
• Part I: Reversed Dutch Systems, 1 f4 d5
• 1 The Classical Bird
• 2 White’s Queenside Fianchetto
• 3 The Recipe – Black Plays an Early ... Bg4
• 4 The Leningrad Bird
• 5 The Antoshin Variation
• 6 The Stonewall
• Part II: From’s Gambit
• 7 From’s Gambit, Lasker Variation
• 8 From’s Gambit, Mestel Variation
• 9 Other Froms
• Part III: Sicilian and Less Usual Defences
• 10 Black Adopts a Sicilian Set-Up
• 11 Unusual Defences
• Index of Complete Games
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