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Opening· 3 plies

Bird Opening: Williams Gambit

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO A03), reached after 3 half-moves: 1. f4 d5 2. e4.

Bird Opening: Williams Gambit ECO A03
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About this opening

Bird Opening: Williams Gambit is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code A03. ECO group A (A00–A99) covers flank and irregular openings, including the English, Bird, Réti and Dutch defences. This particular variation is reached after 3 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. f4 d5 2. e4.

It belongs to the Bird Opening family. Within that family this is a sub-variation (the Williams Gambit line).

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.f4 d5, 2.e4. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.