Bird vs G W Medley, 1849  (C00) French Defense, 21 moves, 1-0
elegant c4 opening a second column (line)
Bird vs G W Medley, 1849  (C00) French Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
Bird vs G W Medley, 1849  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 63 moves, 1-0
Bird vs C F Smith, 1850 (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
Bird vs C F Smith, 1850 (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 35 moves, 1-0
38 Rh3 check!! dragging the queen
Bird vs A Simons, 1850  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 50 moves, 1-0
Bg5 rasiing g6
Bird vs Pinkerley, 1850  (000) Chess variants, 24 moves, 1-0
4.d4 aggressive center against the Berlin def.
Bird vs Anderssen, 1851  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 44 moves, 1-0
Bird vs Horwitz, 1851  (C41) Philidor Defense, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Immortal
Bird vs Horwitz, 1851  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 59 moves, 1-0
Bird vs Anderssen, 1857  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
Matrix of Bird mate.Right data AstherxBird ENG 1858
NN vs Bird, 1888  (C45) Scotch Game, 15 moves, 0-1
40 Bg6 Atraccting to receive check
Bird vs R Brien, 1858  (C01) French, Exchange, 40 moves, 1-0
Bird vs de Riviere, 1859  (C51) Evans Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0
Staunton / Barnes vs Bird / Owen, 1858  (C51) Evans Gambit, 50 moves, 0-1
Steinitz vs Bird, 1862  (C27) Vienna Game, 30 moves, 0-1
piece center pressure
Bird vs Steinitz, 1866  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 1-0
stairway case
Bird vs Steinitz, 1866  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 22 moves, 1-0
Bird vs Steinitz, 1868  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 14 moves, 1-0
41...b6 to draw
J Wisker vs Bird, 1868  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 48 moves, 0-1
Bird vs NN, 1869  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 14 moves, 1-0
Going to "G" file
Bird vs J Wisker, 1873  (A02) Bird's Opening, 32 moves, 1-0
J Wisker vs Bird, 1873  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 22 moves, 0-1
A strong piece is enough to open lines. Next move 42Ne6!
Bird vs J Wisker, 1873  (A03) Bird's Opening, 41 moves, 1-0
Bird vs O Gelbfuhs, 1873  (A02) Bird's Opening, 15 moves, 1-0
Anderssen vs Bird, 1873  (C51) Evans Gambit, 40 moves, 0-1
Bird vs J Heral, 1873  (C00) French Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
3...Qd8 4 c3 d5 5 Bd3 is OK.Curios action Qg5-Qh4
Bird vs M Fleissig, 1873  (C00) French Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Bird's concenration, sentinel and transfer
Bird vs A Schwarz, 1873  (C01) French, Exchange, 36 moves, 1-0
G MacDonnell vs Bird, 1874  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1
Bird vs J Mason, 1876  (C11) French, 50 moves, 1-0
Reversing a loose game- actving his piece majority
Bird vs J W Shaw, 1877  (000) Chess variants, 50 moves, 1-0
Bird vs K Pitschel, 1878  (A02) Bird's Opening, 36 moves, 1-0
Bird vs S Rosenthal, 1878  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 1-0
Anderssen vs Bird, 1878  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 27 moves, 0-1
Bird vs H Gifford, 1878  (A02) Bird's Opening, 45 moves, 1-0
J Mason vs Bird, 1878  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 37 moves, 0-1
Bird vs Blackburne, 1879  (A02) Bird's Opening, 46 moves, 1-0
Bird vs A Fritz, 1880  (A03) Bird's Opening, 43 moves, 1-0
Outposts and bases
Bird vs C Sfander, 1881  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 1-0
Bird vs Paulsen, 1882  (B20) Sicilian, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2
30...Bxb3!! if 31 axb3 Qb4!
B Fleissig vs Bird, 1882  (C22) Center Game, 40 moves, 0-1
Defending the transporter Ba3. 21Rac1! Ne6? 22 Rxc4!
Bird vs Meitner, 1882  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 1-0
If Td7 29 Nf5check Kxf6 30 Qxc5
Bird vs M Weiss, 1882  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 28 moves, 1-0
A remarkable case of King in the center
Bird vs Mackenzie, 1882  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 42 moves, 1-0
The Stronger Bird Knight opening the freeways
Bird vs P Ware, 1882  (A03) Bird's Opening, 37 moves, 1-0
Bird realizes a very hard and plenty defensive plan
Wittek vs Bird, 1882  (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bird vs A Fritz, 1883  (C51) Evans Gambit, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
Irresistible pawn play
Bird vs Paulsen, 1883  (A02) Bird's Opening, 41 moves, 1-0
24 Bc1! Replacing bishop after close flanks-spacial adv.
Bird vs M Lange, 1883  (A02) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
Weak c2 and 54 ...Rd4! Zug
M Weiss vs Bird, 1883  (B30) Sicilian, 55 moves, 0-1
Dismantling Miles variation, multiple weaks
Englisch vs Bird, 1883  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 55 moves, 0-1
king without movement
Bird vs Englisch, 1883  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bird vs D Mills, 1885  (A03) Bird's Opening, 34 moves, 1-0
Knight's sac against structure.Fast cooperation in two flancs
Burn vs Bird, 1886  (A10) English, 23 moves, 0-1
Queen sac with attraction. My choose
Bird vs Burn, 1886  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 1-0
Lucena's mate
Bird / Dobell vs NN, 1886  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0
The Long Diagonal and the Man of Arabian Mate
Bird vs Zukertort, 1886  (A02) Bird's Opening, 37 moves, 1-0
Central explosion after create a sentinel (Be60
Bird vs M Weiss, 1888  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 1-0
Exchanching the castles knight to open column
Bird vs N Miniati, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 35 moves, 1-0
Bishop sac to conclude the attack. Q+Kt if 27Rd2? Qb3
Gunsberg vs Bird, 1889  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 0-1
Nh5-f4! and now black heavy pieces are free...
J M Hanham vs Bird, 1889  (B30) Sicilian, 41 moves, 0-1
e4 with g4.Solving the blocked strategy
Bird vs M Judd, 1889  (A02) Bird's Opening, 42 moves, 1-0
Occuping the H column and opening the G column
Bird vs Burille, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Improving pieces and making ruptures.Isolated pawns are sub-pro
Bird vs D G Baird, 1889  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0
Bird GM. All about the center control
Bird vs J M Hanham, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 62 moves, 1-0
Pawnstorm at kingside. Queen outplayed
M Judd vs Bird, 1889  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 35 moves, 0-1
The Chase. 28...Bb7 is weak29Ne5!! supporting Rook-7
Bird vs Showalter, 1889 (A03) Bird's Opening, 49 moves, 1-0
27c4?? 27Qc1 to avoid the thematic bad bishop
D G Baird vs Bird, 1889  (B32) Sicilian, 41 moves, 0-1
Undefended second line. Ng5 threatening Nxh7
Bird vs Lipschutz, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 54 moves, 1-0
6.exf4 was necessary.Tactics against tactic master- bad choose
Bird vs N MacLeod, 1889  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0
Brave conterattack, exploring the king safety. 36...Qe1!!
M Weiss vs Bird, 1889  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
The Sanctuary
Lipschutz vs Bird, 1889  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 159 moves, 1/2-1/2
Pressing pawns unsupported by other pawns34 en prise
Bird vs J Mason, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 47 moves, 1-0
20...Rh6 Cleaning the position, after piece concentration
Burille vs Bird, 1889  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 34 moves, 0-1
Go back to promotion area. h5!! opening lines 7 and 8
Bird vs M Weiss, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
Defending the mine h3 at the endgame
M Weiss vs Bird, 1889  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
Thematic evaluation of Lasker, completely Blind!
Lasker vs Bird, 1890  (A81) Dutch, 56 moves, 0-1
Pressure over bases 33....rxd4 was the only hope
Bird vs Lasker, 1890  (A13) English, 69 moves, 1-0
Bird / H Chapman vs Blackburne / F J Lee, 1890 (C58) Two Knights, 37 moves, 1-0
Bird and his strategical preferences 27.Txf8! is missed
Bird vs Gossip, 1891  (A03) Bird's Opening, 44 moves, 1-0
Bird vs R Loman, 1891 (A03) Bird's Opening, 52 moves, 1-0
Sucessive checks 21...Bf8 was good 22...Rd3 was must
Bird vs N Jasnogrodsky, 1892  (A03) Bird's Opening, 32 moves, 1-0
Taking time over two undefended pieces
Bird vs Lasker, 1892  (C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0
64. b5! Lasker had many pawns in white squares BOC
Bird vs Lasker, 1892  (A03) Bird's Opening, 102 moves, 1-0
Blackburne vs Bird, 1892  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 75 moves, 0-1
40 RxNe6! to win
Bird vs Blackburne, 1892  (C51) Evans Gambit, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2
J Mason vs Bird, 1892 (B32) Sicilian, 27 moves, 0-1
Old Triangle. If 26.Be1, f6
Steinitz vs Bird, 1895  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 0-1
Salvation at the bank g3. Albin failed to play 34 fxg5
Albin vs Bird, 1895  (A04) Reti Opening, 52 moves, 0-1
Blackburne / Aloof vs Bird / Womersley, 1897  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 37 moves, 0-1
Model overture game 6...Ne7! 18. c3 firstly
Janowski vs Bird, 1899  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 0-1
no background check 32...Rxg2 was better
Bird vs Tinsley, 1899  (C10) French, 61 moves, 1-0
C Pritchett vs V Okhotnik, 2012 (C41) Philidor Defense, 62 moves, 1-0
Bogoljubov vs Rellstab, 1940  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
R Hovhannisyan vs Z Andriasian, 2012  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 50 moves, 1-0
H E Myers vs T Alvarez, 1966  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 1-0
I Berzina vs Y Xu, 2008 (C02) French, Advance, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Manik vs V Sergeev, 2017 (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 92 moves, 1-0
J de Souza Mendes vs E German, 1951 (D19) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 38 moves, 0-1
J Lechtynsky vs A Mutina, 1968  (B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 35 moves, 1-0
Rellstab vs E Reinhardt, 1937  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 1-0
D van Riemsdijk vs R Filguth, 1978 (A04) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 0-1
Mishra vs V Belous, 2021 (A58) Benko Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0
V Belous vs A Ostrovskiy, 2021 (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 32 moves, 1-0
P Prohaszka vs K Wang, 2021 (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 44 moves, 1-0
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