Tarrasch vs Marotti / Napoli / de Simone / del, 1914  (A03) Bird's Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
Stonewall attack - tried and failed
C Klug vs R M McKay, 2012 (A03) Bird's Opening, 25 moves, 0-1
Polar Bear
B Jacobsen vs Karpov, 1968  (A03) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
Stonewall-Attack
N Goodhue vs W Li, 2014 (A03) Bird's Opening, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
It appeared more of an own-goal.
Smyslov vs G Ilivitsky, 1955  (A03) Bird's Opening, 43 moves, 0-1
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
T Taylor vs A J Mestel, 1978  (A02) Bird's Opening, 36 moves, 0-1
Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1910  (A03) Bird's Opening, 34 moves, 1-0
Menchik vs Spielmann, 1935 (A03) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 0-1
E F Bird vs Tal, 1974  (A02) Bird's Opening, 27 moves, 0-1
I Gaponenko vs M Foisor, 2014  (A03) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
Bird vs Blackburne, 1886  (A02) Bird's Opening, 17 moves, 0-1
F Bohatirchuk vs V Makogonov, 1927  (A03) Bird's Opening, 36 moves, 1-0
Larsen vs Fischer, 1971  (A02) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 0-1
Larsen vs Fischer, 1962  (A02) Bird's Opening, 47 moves, 0-1
Lynch mobbed by max sturm
M Sturm vs D Lynch, 1951  (A02) Bird's Opening, 23 moves, 1-0
A Vovk vs Kramnik, 2014  (A03) Bird's Opening, 47 moves, 0-1
Nepomniachtchi vs Karjakin, 2014  (A03) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
T Rendle vs Adams, 2014  (A03) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 0-1
Lutikov vs I Platonov, 1969 (A02) Bird's Opening, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
Nakamura vs Caruana, 2010  (A02) Bird's Opening, 25 moves, 1-0
Svidler vs Jakovenko, 2014 (A02) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
O Sikorova vs M Grabics, 2001 (A02) Bird's Opening, 55 moves, 1-0
H Danielsen vs G P Jonsson, 2015  (A02) Bird's Opening, 46 moves, 1-0
H Danielsen vs Z Abdumalik, 2015  (A02) Bird's Opening, 58 moves, 0-1
C Storey vs M Waters, 2005  (A02) Bird's Opening, 14 moves, 1-0
A Bryntse vs V Charushin, 1978 (A03) Bird's Opening, 34 moves, 0-1
Rellstab vs Faure, 1962 (A02) Bird's Opening, 31 moves, 0-1
Helluva Harras attack
H Heikinheimo vs U Raisa, 1955  (A02) Bird's Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
P Treuil vs L Day, 1967  (A02) Bird's Opening, 29 moves, 0-1
A Kessler vs N Lubbe, 2011  (A02) Bird's Opening, 26 moves, 0-1
A W Whitbread vs Keene, 1962  (A02) Bird's Opening, 22 moves, 0-1
Romanishin vs Kasparov, 1975  (A02) Bird's Opening, 32 moves, 0-1
Bronstein vs G Ravinsky, 1959 (A03) Bird's Opening, 42 moves, 1-0
Grob vs C Chaude de Silans, 1951  (A03) Bird's Opening, 25 moves, 0-1
J N Metge vs A J Love, 1982 (A02) Bird's Opening, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
W Heidenfeld vs L Vizantiadis, 1968 (A03) Bird's Opening, 20 moves, 0-1
Bird vs Steinitz, 1866  (A02) Bird's Opening, 18 moves, 0-1
T Barnes vs Paulsen, 1862 (A03) Bird's Opening, 45 moves, 0-1
W Fried vs Schlechter, 1897  (A02) Bird's Opening, 14 moves, 0-1
Larsen vs Spassky, 1964  (A03) Bird's Opening, 60 moves, 1-0
H Reddmann vs H Langrock, 2001 (A02) Bird's Opening, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
Hromadka vs K Havasi, 1936  (A02) Bird's Opening, 29 moves, 0-1
M Basman vs A Whiteley, 1973  (A02) Bird's Opening, 48 moves, 1-0
Capablanca vs B Winkelman, 1916  (A02) Bird's Opening, 48 moves, 0-1
A Zaitsev vs Csom, 1968  (A02) Bird's Opening, 64 moves, 1-0
A Zaitsev vs Uhlmann, 1968 (A03) Bird's Opening, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Zaitsev vs S Zhukhovitsky, 1969 (A02) Bird's Opening, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Kanko vs A Roshal, 1966 (A02) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 0-1
Dutch-Leningrad i.A.
S Sale vs So, 2006  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 0-1
O Van der Bor vs M Dekker, 2002  (A02) Bird's Opening, 32 moves, 0-1
W Polifka vs Matthew Evans, 2005  (A02) Bird's Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
D E Rumens vs H Hecht, 2001  (A02) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 0-1
R A Dowden vs S Yee, 2016  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 1-0
Reversed Anti-Leningrad w/...Nc6+Bg4+e5
Kupreichik vs Yusupov, 1982  (A03) Bird's Opening, 20 moves, 0-1
S Buecker vs Yusupov, 1992  (A03) Bird's Opening, 25 moves, 0-1
Tylkowski vs A Wojciechowski, 1931  (A03) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 0-1
Leningrad Bird
Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2017  (A02) Bird's Opening, 44 moves, 1-0
1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e4 de4 4.Ng5 Nf6 5.Bc4 Bg4 6.Qxg4 Nxg4
A Bryntse vs G Osterling, 1968  (A02) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch vs Colle, 1927 (A03) Bird's Opening, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
D Melnikov vs A Saveliev, 2012 (A02) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
Granda Zuniga vs Kevin Mike Hopson, 2017  (A02) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
That awkward moment when your wife plays <1.f4> against you ...
N Maisuradze vs A Fier, 2017  (A02) Bird's Opening, 23 moves, 1-0
Larsen vs Kavalek, 1973 (A02) Bird's Opening, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
B Ekenberg vs Andersson, 1969  (A02) Bird's Opening, 63 moves, 1-0
S Garcia Martinez vs Uhlmann, 1969 (A03) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 0-1
Ljubojevic vs Smyslov, 1972 (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 35 moves, 0-1
drank trough night consequences
Hort vs Bronstein, 1994  (A02) Bird's Opening, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ragozin vs G Borisenko, 1951 (A02) Bird's Opening, 43 moves, 1-0
F W Viney vs H Gook, 1926  (A02) Bird's Opening, 25 moves, 1-0
B Kovacevic vs M Godena, 2006  (A02) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
reversed Leningrad
M Bartel vs J Majdan, 2005  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 29 moves, 1-0
G Clayton vs M Preussner, 2012  (A02) Bird's Opening, 21 moves, 0-1
Rasmussen vs Hansen, 1976  (A02) Bird's Opening, 27 moves, 0-1
Bryntse Gambit aka Reversed Budapest
A Bryntse vs Olle Smith, 1967  (A02) Bird's Opening, 44 moves, 1-0
Reversed Classical Dutch
A Bryntse vs Olle Smith, 1968 (A02) Bird's Opening, 23 moves, 1-0
E Hellmann vs Stahlberg, 1928  (A02) Bird's Opening, 36 moves, 1-0
gr Theater
K Funck vs B Halldorsson, 1971  (A02) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 0-1
Rev. St.wall
R M Bruce vs R Bruce, 1957  (A02) Bird's Opening, 25 moves, 1-0
Wolf vs G Hammerling, 1970 (A02) Bird's Opening, 21 moves, 0-1
Bg4 5.e4 Qe7 6.d3 f5 7.Bg5 Nf6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Qd2 O-O-O
H Risch vs M Weinreich, 1968 (A02) Bird's Opening, 37 moves, 0-1
Reversed Leningrad / Hungarian
S Swanson vs J W Dick, 1975 (A00) Uncommon Opening, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Prost Bier!
NN vs M Bier, 1905  (A02) Bird's Opening, 11 moves, 0-1
Rapport vs M Kraemer, 2019 (A06) Reti Opening, 41 moves, 1-0
H W Craig vs Marshall, 1915  (A02) Bird's Opening, 35 moves, 1-0
5.d3 g4 6.Nd4 Qh4+ 7.g3 Bxg3+ 8.hxg3 Qxh1 9.Bf4
Matvey Galchenko vs Omer Faruk Ozer, 2021  (A02) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
A Christensen vs T van Scheltinga, 1947 (A03) Bird's Opening, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Christensen vs C Poulsen, 1947 (A03) Bird's Opening, 43 moves, 1-0
A Christensen vs G Stoltz, 1947 (A03) Bird's Opening, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
T Sloan vs J Kulbacki, 1992  (A03) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
A white Antoshin by Antoshin (himself)
Antoshin vs J Kostro, 1971  (A03) Bird's Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
W Hasenfuss vs Koblents, 1939 (A02) Bird's Opening, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
Batavo Gambit Q-sac
D Mackenzie vs D Pruess, 2006  (A02) Bird's Opening, 46 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs Spielmann, 1907  (A03) Bird's Opening, 53 moves, 1-0
H Anhalt vs M Boeven, 1971 (A02) Bird's Opening, 24 moves, 0-1
Maroczy vs Charousek, 1895  (A03) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
GM Qwert
GM Qwert vs R Hungaski, 2004  (A03) Bird's Opening, 17 moves, 1-0
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