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Bird Opening: Hobbs Gambit (A02)

1. f4 g5

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Bird Opening: Hobbs Gambit (ECO A02) is a chess opening starting with 1. f4 g5. See its main lines, common continuations, and win/draw/loss statistics from real games.

Common Continuations

No known continuations.

Master games in this opening 55 games

Deacon, Frederic vs Adolf Anderssen1851 · London20-1 Laroche vs Adolf Anderssen1860 · Paris it1-0 Adolf Anderssen vs Kolisch, Ignatz1861 · London m1-0 Adolf Anderssen vs Kolisch, Ignatz1861 · London m½-½ Kolisch, Ignatz vs Adolf Anderssen1861 · London m0-1 Mongredien, Augustus vs Adolf Anderssen1862 · London mt½-½ Deacon, Frederic vs Wilhelm Steinitz1863 · London m-B62630-1 Green, Valentine vs Wilhelm Steinitz1864 · London m6364½-½ Bird, Henry Edward vs Wilhelm Steinitz1866 · London m20-1 Bird, Henry Edward vs Adolf Anderssen1873 · Vienna0-1 Bird, Henry Edward vs Emanuel Lasker1892 · Newcastle on Tyne m0-1 Bird, Henry Edward vs Emanuel Lasker1895 · Hastings 18950-1