Bird ..f5

Bird's Opening : ... f5

1 f4 f5

[1 ... d5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 e3 f5 4 Be2 Nf6 5 0-0 e6 6 b3 a6 7 Bb2 Be7 8 c4 0-0 9 Nc3 h5 10 Rc1 Ng4 11 cxd5 exd5 12 Nxd5 Be6 13 Nxe7+ Qxe7 14 Ng5 Rad8 15 Qe1 Nf6 16 Bxf6 Rxf6 17 Bxh5 Rh6 18 Be2 Bd5 19 Bc4 Ne5 20 Bxd5+ Rxd5 21 fxe5 Qxg5 22 d4 c6 23 Qf2 g6 24 Rc2 Rd7 25 g3 Rdh7 26 Qf4 Qe7 27 e4 Qb4 28 exf5 gxf5 29 Qxf5 Qxd4+ 30 Qf2 Qd8 31 Rd2 Qe8 32 Qf4 Rg6 33 Rd6 Rgg7 34 Rf6 Rf7 35 Rxf7 Rxf7 36 Qxf7+ Qxf7 37 Rxf7 Kxf7 38 Kf2 Ke6 39 Ke3 Kxe5 40 h4 b5 41 b4 Kd5 42 Kd3 Ke5 43 h5 Kf5 44 Kd4 Kg5 45 g4 Kf6 46 Kc5 a5 47 bxa5 1-0, Hayward Keith (2300) - Smeltzer Bob, Dallas TX, DCC, 1994]

[1 ... d5 2 Nf3 f5 3 b3 Nf6 4 Bb2 Nbd7 5 e3 e6 6 Be2 Be7 7 0-0 0-0 8 c4 c6 9 Nc3 Ne4 10 d3 Nxc3 11 Bxc3 Nf6 12 Ne5 Bd6 13 Bf3 Qc7 14 Rc1 g5 15 g3 g4 16 Bg2 Nd7 17 Nxd7 Qxd7 18 Kh1 h5 19 e4 Qh7 20 exd5 exd5 21 cxd5 c5 22 d4 b6 23 dxc5 bxc5 24 Be5 Qd7 25 Qc2 Ba6 26 Rfe1 Rac8 27 Bxd6 1-0, Hayward Keith (2330) - Bjelland Bruce (1895), Eden Prairie MN, Winter Carnival, 1994]

[1 ... d5 2 Nf3 f5 3 e3 Nf6 4 Be2 e6 5 0-0 Be7 6 c4 0-0 7 Nc3 c6 8 b3 Nbd7 9 Bb2 Nc5 10 Kh1 a5 11 Rc1 Kh8 12 Ne5 Nfd7 13 d3 Bf6 14 Nxd7 Bxd7 15 Ba3 Be7 16 cxd5 cxd5 17 Nxd5 exd5 18 Bxc5 Bxc5 19 Rxc5 Bc6 20 Bf3 Qe7 21 Qc1 Qe6 22 Kg1 Rfe8 23 Re1 Kg8 24 Qc3 a4 25 b4 Rac8 26 Qd4 b6 27 Rxc6 1-0, Hayward Keith - Polk Alan, Superior WI, January 750, 1991]

[1 ... g5 2 fxg5 e5 3 d4 e4 4 Bf4 d6 5 Nc3 Bf6 6 e3 h6 7 gxh6 Nf6 8 d5 Bxh6 9 Bb5 c6 10 Ba4 Ng4 11 dxc6 bxc6 12 Qd4 Rh7 13 Nge2 Qf6 14 Qxf6 Nxf6 15 Bxh6 Rxh6 16 0-0 Bd7 17 Nd4 Ng4 18 Ne4 d5 19 Nc5 Ne5 20 e4 dxe4 21 Rae1 1-0, Hayward Keith - Kuge Thomas, Postal, 8th USCCC 8P008 1987]

2 e4 fxe4

[2 ... e6 3 Nc3 d5 4 exf5 exf5 5 d4 Nf6 6 Nf3 Bb4 7 Bd3 0-0 8 0-0 c5 9 dxc5 Bxc5+ 10 Kh1 Nc6 11 Na4 Bd6 12 c4 dxc4 13 Bxc4+ Kh8 14 Ng5 Qc7 15 Nf7+ Rxf7 16 Bxf7 Qxf7 17 Qxd6 Ne4 18 Qd1 Be6 19 Be3 Rd8 20 Qe1 Bxa2 21 Nc3 Bc4 22 Nxe4 fxe4 23 Rf2 a6 24 h3 h6 25 Rc1 Bd3 26 Kg1 a5 27 f5 Rd5 28 Rc5 Rxc5 29 Bxc5 b5 30 Be3 b4 31 Qc1 Qf6 32 Rf4 b3 33 Qc5 a4 34 Rg4 a3 35 Qxa3 Ne5 36 Bd4 Nf3+ 37 gxf3 Qxd4+ 38 Kh1 Be2 39 Qa8+ Kh7 40 Qxe4 Qd1+ 41 Kg2 Qf1+ 42 Kg3 Qg1+ 43 Kh4 Qf2+ 44 Rg3 Bxf3 45 Qxf3 Qd4+ 46 Qg4 Qxb2 47 Qg6+ Kh8 48 f6 Qd4+ 49 Kh5 Qd5+ 50 Rg5 Qxg5+ 51 Qxg5 hxg5 52 f7 b2 53 f8Q+ Kh7 54 Qf5+ time 0-1, Hayward Keith (2380) - Andrews George (2040), Superior WI, October 500, 1990]

3 d3 e3

[3 ... exd3 4 Bxd3 Nf6 5 Nf3 e6 6 0-0 Bc5+ 7 Kh1 0-0 8 Nc3 a6 9 Ne4 Bb6 10 Bd2 Nc6 11 Nxf6+ gxf6 12 Qe1 Qe7 13 Bc3 Rf7 14 Qh4 d5 15 f5 e5 16 Rae1 e4 17 Bxe4 dxe4 18 Rxe4 Ne5 19 Nxe5 fxe5 20 Qg3+ Rg7 21 f6 Rxg3 22 fxe7 Bd7 23 hxg3 Re8 24 Rxe5 h6 25 Re4 c6 26 Ref4 Rxe7 27 Rf8+ Kh7 28 R8f7+ Rxf7 29 Rxf7+ Kg6 30 Rxd7 Bf2 31 g4 b6 32 Rg7# 1-0, Hayward Keith - Chokorvich Milan, Superior WI, March 500, 1990]

[3 ... exd3 4 Bxd3 Nf6 5 Nf3 e6 6 Be3 Be7 7 0-0 0-0 8 Nbd2 Nd5? 9 Ng5!! Bxg5 10 fxg5 Rxf1+ 11 Nxf1 +-, Schirmer - Schleipen, 1956]

[3...d5!? 4 dxe4 dxe4 5 Qxd8 Kxd8 6 Nc3 Nf6 Euwe]

4 Bxe3 Nf6 5 d4 e6 6 Bd3 Nc6 7 a3

[7 c3!?]

7 ... Ne7 8 Nh3 b6 9 0-0 Bb7 10 Nd2 g6 11 Bf2 Bg7 12 c3

[Unclear - Alekhine]

12 ... 0-0 13 Qe2 a5 14 g4

[14 a4 Nfd5 15 Bh4 Qe8 16 g4 Nf6 17 Ng5 Ned5 18 Bg3 Qe7 19 Nde4 Nxe4 20 Nxe4 c5 21 dxc5 bxc5 22 h4 e5 23 fxe5 Bxe5 24 Bxe5 Qxe5 25 Nf6+ Qxf6 26 Rxf6 Nxf6 27 g5 Nh5 28 Qe7 Rf7 29 Qxc5 Nf4 30 Bc4 d5 31 Bf1 Re8 32 b4 Re4 33 Qd6 axb4 34 cxb4 d4 35 a5 d3 36 a6 Ba8 37 Rc1 Ne2+ 38 Bxe2 dxe2 39 Qg3 h5 40 gxh6 Kh7 41 b5 Ref4 42 h5 gxh5 43 Qxf4 Rxf4 44 b6 Bf3 45 b7 Rc4 46 Re1 Bxb7 1/2-1/2, Pelikan - Alekhine, Podebrady 1936]

14 ... Qe8 15 Bh4 c5 16 Bc4 cxd4 17 cxd4 Rc8 18 f5 gxf5 19 gxf5 Nfd5 20 fxe6 Bxd4+ 21 Nf2 Qg6+ 22 Bg3 Nf4 23 exd7+ Kh8 24 dxc8Q Rxc8 25 Nf3 Nxe2+ 26 Bxe2 Nf5 27 Bd3 Bxf3 28 Bxf5 Qxf5 0-1, Roberts Lance - Hayward Keith, Postal, APCT 97R1, 1997