Bird's Opening : ... b6
1 f4 b6
[1 ... a6 2 Nf3 b5 3 e4 Bb7 4 d3 e6 5 a4 b4 6 Be3 Nf6 7 Be2 Ng4 8 Bg1 Be7 9 c3 Nc6 10 d4 Na5 11 Nbd2 Rc8 12 Rc1 c5 13 h3 Bh4+ 14 Kf1 Nh6 15 dxc5 bxc3 16 Rxc3 f5 17 e5 Bg3 18 Be3 Bxf3 19 Nxf3 Rb8 20 b3 Rb4 21 Rd3 Bxf4 22 Bxf4 Rxf4 23 Qd2 Re4 24 Ng5 Rxe5 25 b4 Nc4 26 Qf4 Re4 27 Nxe4 fxe4 28 Qxe4 0-0+ 29 Kg1 time 1-0, Drawyah (2140) - Strokage (1690), Oklahoma City OK, FICS 2-12 blitz, 1997]
[1 ... b5 2 e4 Bb7 3 d3 e6 4 Nf3 c5 5 Be2 Nc6 6 0-0 Be7 7 Qe1 Nb4 8 Bd1 d5 9 Nc3 c4 10 d4 de4 11 Ne4 Qd5 12 Nc3 c4 13 a3 Nd5 14 Ne5 Qb6 15 Nd5 Bd5 16 c3 Nf6 17 f5 Ne4 18 fe6 Qe6 19 Rf7 1-0, Hayward Keith - Stone William, Postal, APCT 86RS2, 1987]
[1 ... b5 2 e4 Bb7 3 d3 e6 4 Nf3 Nf6 5 Be2 d5 6 e5 Ng8 7 0-0 Nh6 8 d4 b4 9 f5? Nf5 10 Ng5 Be7 11 Nh3 Nd7 12 c3 c5 13 Bd3 cd4 14 Bf5 dc3 15 Bc2 Qb6 16 Kh1 d4 17 bc3 dc3 18 Nc3 bc3 19 Rb1 Qc7 20 Ba4 Bc6 21 Bc6 Qc6 22 Qg4 Nb6 -+, 0-1 in 34, Hayward Keith - Voth Jonathan, Postal, APCT 80RF3, 1983]
[1 ... b5 2 e4 Bb7 3 d3 g6 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Be2 d5 6 e5 d4 7 0-0 c5 8 c3 Nh6 9 cxd4 cxd4 10 Nbd2 0-0 11 Ne4 Qb6 12 Kh1 Nc6 13 Bd2 Nf5 14 Rc1 Rad8 15 Qe1 a5 16 Nc5 Bc8 17 Ng5 Ne3 18 Bxe3 dxe3 19 Qg3 Nb4 20 a3 Nd5 21 d4 Bf5 22 Bf3 f6 23 Nge4 Bh6 24 Nd6 exd6 25 Bxd5+ Kh8 26 exf6 dxc5 27 Rxc5 e2 28 Re1 Qxf6 29 Qf2 Bd3 0-1, Hayward Keith (2310) - Larsen Ken (2415), Tucson AZ, Ye Olde Pueblo, 1993]
[1 ... b5 2 e4 a6 3 d4 e6 4 Bd3 (BT) c5 5 c3 Bb7 6 Nf3 c4 7 Bc2 Nf6 8 Qe2 Qc7 9 0-0 Be7 10 Nbd2 d6 11 e5 de5 12 fe5 Nd5 13 Ne4 Black withdrew +=, Hayward Keith - Kappel Ray, Postal, APCT 82RF4, 1984]
[1 ... c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d3 b5 4 e4 Bb7 5 Be2 Nf6 6 0-0 e6 7 c3 c4 8 Nbd2 Ng4 9 Nb1 cxd3 10 Qxd3 d5 11 exd5 Qxd5 12 Qxd5 exd5 13 Bxb5 Bc5+ 14 Nd4 0-0 15 Bxc6 Bxc6 16 h3 Nf6 17 Be3 Rfe8 18 Rf3 Bxd4 19 Bxd4 Re1+ 20 Rf1 Re2 21 b4 a5 22 a4 axb4 23 cxb4 Ne4 24 Rc1 Bb7 25 b5 f6 26 a5 Nd2 27 Nxd2 Rxd2 28 Bf2 Rb2 29 a6 Rxb5 30 axb7 Rxa1 31 Rxa1 Rxb7 32 Ra8+ Kf7 33 Ra7 Rxa7 34 Bxa7 h5 35 Kf2 Ke6 36 Ke3 Kf5 37 Bb8 g5 38 Kd4 Ke6 39 Bc7 h4 40 fxg5 fxg5 41 Bh2 Kf5 42 Kxd5 g4 43 Kd4 gxh3 44 gxh3 1-0, Hayward Keith (2300) - Epstein Bob (2100), Dallas TX, DCC, 1995]
[1 ... Nf6 2 Nf3 b6 3 d3 Bb7 4 e4 d6 5 Be2 c5 6 0-0 Nc6 7 Nc3 e5 8 Kh1 Be7 9 Be3 0-0 10 f5 Nd4 11 Qd2 Ng4 12 Bg1 Nf6 13 Rae1 Rc8 14 Bd1 h6 15 h3 Nh5 16 Bh2 Bh4 17 Nxh4 Qxh4 18 Bxh5 Qxh5 19 f6 gxf6 20 Rxf6 Kh7 21 Ref1 Rcd8 22 Nd5 Bxd5 23 exd5 Nb5 24 R1f5 Qh4 25 Bg3 1-0, Hayward Keith (2285) - Stowell Ralph (1850), Minneapolis MN, TCCL, 1987]
[1 ... Nf6 2 Nf3 b6 3 d3 d5 4 e3 Bb7 5 Be2 e6 6 0-0 Bc5 7 Qe1 Nbd7 8 Nc3 0-0 9 Kh1 Re8 10 d4 Bf8 11 Ne5 Ne5 12 fe5 Ne4 13 Ne4 de4 14 b3 d5 15 Bb2 Qg5 16 Qf2 Qg6 17 Qh4 Be7 18 Qh3 Rf8 19 Rad1 Rad8 20 c4 f5 21 ef6 Rf6 22 Rf6 Qf6 +-, 1-0 in xx, Hayward Keith - Schweig Karl, Postal, APCT CM673 1989]
[1 ... Nf6 2 Nf3 b6 3 d3 e6 4 e4 d6 5 Be2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3 c5 8 Qe1 Nc6 9 Kh1 Bb7 10 Be3 e5 11 fxe5 Ng4 12 Nd5 Ncxe5 13 Nxe5 Nxe5 14 Qg3 Bh4 15 Qf4 f5 16 g3 Ng6 17 Qf3 Bg5 18 Bxg5 Qxg5 19 exf5 Rae8 20 c4 Re5 21 fxg6 Rxf3 22 gxh7+ Kxh7 23 Bxf3 Bxd5 24 cxd5 Qe3 25 Rad1 g6 26 b3 Rf5 27 Be4 Rf2 28 a4 Kg7 29 g4 Qe2 30 Kg1 Rxf1+ 31 Rxf1 Qb2 32 g5 Qxb3 33 Rf6 c4 34 Rxg6+ 1-0, Hayward Keith - Contoski Victor, Postal, ICCF 9USCCC, 1991]
2 e4 Bb7
[2 ... e5!? 3 Nf3 ef4 4 Bc4 Bb7 5 0-0 Be4 6 Re1 d5 7 Bd5 Qd5 8 Nc3 Qf5 9 Ne4 Ne7 10 d4 Nbc6 11 d5 0-0-0 12 c4 Kb8 13 Bd2 Ne5 14 Ne5 Qe5 15 Bc3 Qf5 16 a4 c6 17 a5 cd5 18 ab6 ab6 19 Qa4 Kc7 20 Qa7 Kc6 21 c5 de4 22 Qb6 +-, 1-0 by death, Hayward Keith - Silverman Irving, Postal, APCT 88RS2, 1990]
3 d3 e6
[3 ... Nc6 4 Nf3 g6 5 Be2 Bg7 6 0-0 e5 7 fxe5 Nxe5 8 Nxe5 Bxe5 9 d4 Bg7 10 Nc3 Nf6 11 e5 Nd5 12 Bc4 c6 13 Ne4 0-0 14 Bg5 Qc7 15 Bxd5 cxd5 16 Nf6+ Kh8 17 Rf3 d6 18 Rh3 Bxf6 19 Bxf6+ Kg8 20 Qh5 1-0, Hayward Keith (2280) - Parker David, Minneapolis MN, Aqua Open, 1984]
[3 ... d5!? 4 exd5 Bxd5 5 Nf3 e6 6 Be2 Be7 7 0-0 Nf6 8 Nc3 Bb7 9 Kh1 0-0 10 Be3 Nbd7 11 d4 Black withdrew 1-0, Hayward Keith - McKinney Charles, Postal, APCT 85R4, 1985]
4 Nf3 Nf6
[4 ... c5 5 Be2 Nc6 6 0-0 d5 7 e5 Black withdrew 1-0, Hayward Keith - Taylor Keith, Postal, APCT 87RS2, 1988]
[4 ... c5 5 Be2 Nc6 6 0-0 Qc7 7 Nc3 a6 8 a4 0-0-0 9 Kh1 h6 10 d4 cxd4 11 Nxd4 g5 12 Be3 Nge7 13 Ndb5 axb5 14 Nxb5 Qb8 15 Bxb6 d5 16 a5 Rd7 17 e5 Nf5 18 Rf3 gxf4 19 Rc3 Qxe5 20 Na7+ Kb8 21 Nxc6+ Bxc6 22 Rxc6 f3 23 Bxf3 Bd6 24 Bg1 Qf4 25 Rb6+ Kc8 26 Qe1 Rg8 27 a6 Ng3+ 28 hxg3 Rxg3 29 Rxd6 1-0, Hayward Keith - Bungo Greg, Postal, APCT 86RS2, 1987]
[4 ... d5 5 e5 c5 6 Be2 Nh6 7 0-0 Nf5 8 c3 Nc6 9 d4 Be7 10 Kh1 Qc7 11 g4 h6 12 gxf5 1-0, Hayward Keith - Stanfield Larry, Postal, APCT N178A, 1982]
[4 ... f5 5 Nc3 Bb4 6 Bd2 Nf6 7 e5 Nd5 8 Nxd5 Bxd2+ 9 Qxd2 Bxd5 10 Be2 Qe7 11 c4 Bb7 12 d4 0-0 13 0-0 Nc6 14 a3 Nd8 15 b4 Nf7 16 Rad1 d5 17 exd6 cxd6 18 Qe3 Be4 19 d5 Bxf3 20 gxf3 e5 21 fxe5 f4 22 Qxf4 Nxe5 23 Qe3 Qh4 24 f4 Ng6 25 Rd4 Rae8 26 Qd2 Rf6 27 Rf2 Qh6 28 Bg4 Re7 29 Be6+ Kf8 30 Re4 Nh4 31 Kf1 Rc7 32 Qe3 Qh5 33 Qe2 Qxe2+ 34 Kxe2 a5 35 bxa5 bxa5 36 Kd3 Rb7 37 Kc3 Ng6 38 f5 Ne5 39 c5 Ke7 40 Rxe5 1-0, Hayward Keith - Gerzadowicz Stephan, Postal, APCT 87RF1, 1993]
5 Be2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0
[6 ... c5 (BT) 7 Qe1 d5 8 e5 Nfd7 9 c3 Nc6 10 d4 Qc7 11 a3 a5 12 Be3 Ba6 13 Nbd2 Bxe2 14 Qxe2 g6 15 g3 c4 16 h3 h5 17 a4 Na7 18 Rfc1 Qc6 19 b3 cxb3 20 Nxb3 0-0 21 g4 hxg4 22 hxg4 f5 23 exf6 Bxf6 24 Qc2 Kf7 25 Rf1 Rh8 26 Ne5+ Bxe5 27 fxe5+ Kg7 28 Bg5 Rh3 29 Bf6+ Nxf6 30 Rxf6 Qxc3 31 Qxc3 Rxc3 32 Nd2 Rg3+ 33 Kf2 Rxg4 34 Rxe6 Rf8+ 35 Ke2 Rg2+ 36 Kd3 Rff2 37 Rd1 Nc8 38 Rc6 Ne7 39 Rxb6 Nf5 40 Rb7+ Kh6 41 Kc3 Rg3+ 42 Kb2 Nxd4 43 Rd7 Rgg2 44 Rxd5 Rxd2+ 45 Rxd2 Rxd2+ 46 Kc3 Nf3 47 Rxd2 Nxd2 48 Kxd2 Kg5 49 Ke3 Kf5 50 Kd4 Ke6 51 Ke4 g5 52 Kd4 g4 53 Ke4 g3 54 Kf3 Kxe5 55 Kxg3 Kd4 56 Kf2 Kd3 57 Ke1 Kc3 58 Ke2 Kb3 59 Kd1 Kb2 60 Kd2 Kb3 61 Kc1 Kxa4 62 Kb2 1/2-1/2, Hayward Keith (2275) - Small Gregg (2325), Chicago IL, Midwest Masters, 1988]
7 e5 Nd5 8 d4 d6 9 c4 Nb4 10 a3 N4a6 11 Nc3 c5 12 d5 Nc7 13 de6 14 Nd5 de5 15 fe5 Nc6 16 Bd3 Ncd4 17 Be4 Rb8 18 Be3 Nf3 19 Qf3 Bg5 20 Rad1 Be3 21 Qe3 Nd4 22 Nf6 gf6 23 Bh7 Kh7 24 Qh3 Kg6 25 Qg4 Kh6 26 Qh4 Kg6 27 Rf6 Qf6 28 Qf6 Kh7 29 Rd3 Nf3 30 gf3 1-0, Hayward Keith - Maurice Carter, Postal, APCT 85RS4, 1987
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