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A02

Bird Opening

The Bird Opening is a chess opening classified under ECO code A02. Below are the best example games from master play.

Top Players in this Opening

Larsen, Bent15 gamesCarlsen,M9 gamesNakamura,Hi8 gamesFirouzja,Alireza6 gamesShirov,A6 gamesKamsky,G5 gamesSo,W5 gamesDuda,J4 gamesBronstein, David I4 gamesGiri,A4 games

Related Openings

A00 - Amar Opening1623A01 - Nimzo-Larsen Attack1622A03 - Bird Opening: Sturm Gambit215A04 - Zukertort Opening1686A05 - Zukertort Opening2033A06 - Zukertort Opening1377A07 - King's Indian Attack2206A08 - Zukertort Opening: Reversed Grünfeld440A09 - Réti Opening482

Best Games

Grischuk,A vs So,W1/2-1/2
6th Sinquefield Cup 2018 2018Notable
Mamedyarov,S vs Giri,A0-1
chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018 2018
Carlsen,M vs So,W1-0
chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017 2017
Nakamura,Hi vs Grischuk,A0-1
3rd Norway Blitz 2015 2015
Ivanchuk,V vs Leko,P1/2-1/2
SportAccord Blitz Men 2012 2012
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Smyslov, Vassily0-1
Skopje ol (Men) fin-A 1972
Larsen, Bent vs De Greiff, Boris0-1
Portoroz Interzonal 1958
Nimzowitsch, Aaron vs Euwe, Max1-0
Karlsbad 1929
Galchenko,Matvey vs Caruana,F1-0
1st 3-0 Thu 20th Nov 2025 2025
Carlsen,M vs Lu Shanglei1-0
Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025 2025
Stanojevic,Ilija vs Duda,J0-1
Titled Tue 22nd Jul Late 2025
Sturt,R vs Carlsen,M0-1
Titled Tue 10th Jun Early 2025
Sturt,R vs Erigaisi,Arjun0-1
Titled Tue 10th Jun Late 2025
Duda,J vs Donchenko,Alexa1-0
Titled Tue 22nd Apr Late 2025
Carlsen,M vs Bakalchuk,Johnatan1-0
Titled Tue 11th Mar Early 2025
Duda,J vs Mahdavi,Reza1-0
Titled Tue 5th Nov Late 2024
Nepomniachtchi,I vs Troff,Kayden1-0
Titled Tue 3rd Sep Late 2024
Carlsen,M vs Krishnan,V1-0
Titled Tue 16th Jul Late 2024
Williams,Si1 vs Giri,A0-1
Titled Tue 4th Jun Early 2024
Koshulyan,Egor A. vs Shirov,A0-1
Titled Tue 5th Mar Early 2024

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