Knight manoeuvres harrying white's queens side
T Rendle vs Kotronias, 2005  (A02) Bird's Opening, 37 moves, 0-1
Black's kingside pawns are a handful even for a GM
Kholmov vs V Colin, 2001 (A02) Bird's Opening, 53 moves, 0-1
White walks right into it, against a great attacking player
J Schenkein vs Spielmann, 1910  (A02) Bird's Opening, 22 moves, 0-1
Whoops! White slips out of the net and wins
Larsen vs C Zuidema, 1964  (A02) Bird's Opening, 36 moves, 1-0
White sacrifices material and black's king has to take a walk
D Eilmes vs E G Rodin, 2000 (A02) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
The debut of the Lasker variation, with early queen exchange
Bird vs Lasker, 1892  (A02) Bird's Opening, 42 moves, 0-1
Black's queenside pawn reserves win without moving
O van den Bor vs M Dekker, 2002  (A02) Bird's Opening, 32 moves, 0-1
White's king trussed up like a chicken after castling short
H Hau vs D Lardot, 2000  (A02) Bird's Opening, 36 moves, 0-1
Lasker's variation defeats Bird's opening again
Bird vs Lasker, 1895  (A02) Bird's Opening, 34 moves, 0-1
Albin vs Marshall, 1903  (A02) Bird's Opening, 53 moves, 0-1
Albin vs Tarrasch, 1903  (A02) Bird's Opening, 64 moves, 0-1
V Djordjevic vs Ljubojevic, 1969  (A02) Bird's Opening, 52 moves, 0-1
good night to the fianchettoed knight variation
G Roeska vs W Riemer, 1991  (A02) Bird's Opening, 19 moves, 0-1
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