Bird's Opening : ... d6 / King's Indian Defense type formations
1 f4 Nf6
[1 ... Nc6 2 Nf3 d6 3 e4 e5 4 Bb5 Bd7 5 0-0 Nge7 6 fxe5 dxe5 7 Bc4 Ng6 8 d3 Bc5+ 9 Kh1 0-0 10 Ng5 Nf4 11 Bxf4 exf4 12 Qh5 h6 13 Nxf7 Qe7 14 Nxh6+ 1-0, Hayward Keith (2275) - Sjerven Don (1985), Brooklyn Center MN, 1988]
[1 ... d6 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 e4 e5 4 Bc4 Be7 5 0-0 Nf6 6 Nc3 0-0 7 f5 Nxe4 8 Nxe4 d5 9 Bd3 dxe4 10 Bxe4 Bf6 11 d3 Nd4 12 Nxd4 Qxd4+ 13 Kh1 Rb8 14 Qh5 b6 15 Rf3 g6 16 fxg6 fxg6 17 Bxg6 hxg6 18 Qxg6+ Bg7 19 Bh6 e4 20 Rxf8+ Kxf8 21 Rf1+ Kg8 22 Qe8+ Kh7 23 Bxg7 Kxg7 24 Rf7+ Kh6 25 Qf8+ Kh5 26 Rh7+ Kg6 27 Qf7+ Kg5 28 Rg7+ Kh4 29 g3+ Kh3 30 Qh5# 1-0, Hayward Keith (2245) - Paulson Bill (2135), Minneapolis MN, Open, 1983]
[1 ... d6 2 Nf3 Bg4 3 e4 e5 4 Nc3 Nf6 5 h3 Bxf3 6 Qxf3 Nbd7 7 Bc4 c6 8 d3 exf4 9 Bxf4 Ne5 10 Bxe5 dxe5 11 Bb3 Bd6 12 0-0 0-0 13 Ne2 Be7 14 Kh1 g6 15 g4 Kg7 16 Rg1 Nd7 17 Raf1 Bg5 18 Ng3 1/2-1/2, Hayward Keith - Novicevic Milorad, New Hope MN, 98th MN Open, 1992]
[1 ... d6 2 e4 (BT) e5 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 Nc6 5 Bb5 Bd7 6 0-0 Nd4 7 Nxd4 exd4 8 Bxd7+ Qxd7 9 Nd5 Nxd5 10 exd5 0-0-0 11 c4 f5 12 a4 g6 13 d3 Be7 14 Re1 Rde8 15 Re6 Bd8 16 Qe2 Re7 17 Rxe7 Bxe7 18 Bd2 Re8 19 b3 Bf6 20 Qf3 Re7 21 Re1 Rxe1+ 22 Bxe1 Qe7 23 Bf2 b6 24 g4 Kd8 25 Kf1 fxg4 26 Qxg4 Qg7 27 Kg2 Qd7 28 Kf3 Qxg4+ 29 Kxg4 Kd7 30 b4 c5 31 b5 h5+ 32 Kf3 Ke7 33 Bg3 Kd7 34 Ke4 Ke7 35 h3 Kf7 36 f5 Be7 37 h4 Kf6 38 fxg6 Kxg6 39 Bf4 Bxh4 40 Bxd6 Bd8 41 Bb8 Kg5 42 Kf3 h4 43 d6 h3 44 Bc7 1-0, Hayward Keith - Schweig Karl, Postal, APCT 83R4, 1983]
[1 ... g6 2 Nf3 Bg7 3 e4 d6 4 Bc4 Nf6 5 d3 Bg4 6 0-0 Nbd7 7 Nc3 c6 8 Be3 0-0 9 a4 a5 10 h3 Bxf3 11 Qxf3 e5 12 Rae1 exf4 13 Qxf4 Ne5 14 Bb3 Nh5 15 Qf2 Bf6 16 Bh6 Bh4 17 Qe3 Bxe1 18 Qxe1 Ng7 19 d4 Nd7 20 Qg3 Qe7 21 Bg5 Nh5 22 Qh4 Qe8 23 Be7 d5 24 exd5 Ng3 25 Bxf8 Nxf1 26 Bh6 Ne3 27 dxc6 bxc6 28 Qf2 Nf5 29 Bd2 Qe7 30 d5 cxd5 31 Nxd5 Qh4 32 Qxh4 Nxh4 33 Ne7+ Kf8 34 Nc6 Nf5 35 Bxa5 Ke8 36 Bc4 Ne3 37 Bd3 Nc5 38 Bb5 Nd7 39 Bd2 Nxc2 40 Ne5 Ra7 41 Bc3 Ne3 42 Bd4 Rb7 43 Bxd7+ Rxd7 44 Nxd7 Nf5 45 Nf6+ Ke7 46 Bc3 Ke6 47 Nxh7 1-0, Hayward Keith (2245) - Hempel Ed (2120), St Paul MN, Winter Tornado, 1983]
[1 ... g6 2 Nf3 Bg7 3 e4 d6 4 Be2 c6 5 Nc3 Nd7 6 0-0 Ngf6 7 Kh1 e5 8 d3 Nh5 9 fxe5 dxe5 10 Qe1 h6 11 Be3 Qe7 12 d4 Nhf6 13 dxe5 Nxe5 14 Nxe5 Qxe5 15 Bf4 Qe7 16 Rd1 Bg4 17 e5 Nh5 18 Bxg4 Nxf4 19 Rxf4 Bxe5 20 Rd7 Qg5 21 Rfxf7 Rd8 22 Rde7+ 1-0, Hayward Keith - Dahl Jeff, Minneapolis MN, Region 6 Action, 1989]
[1 ... g6 2 Nf3 Bg7 3 e4 d6 4 Be2 c6 5 d4 Nf6 6 e5 dxe5 7 fxe5 Nd5 8 0-0 0-0 9 c4 Nc7 10 Nc3 Nd7 11 c5 a5 12 Qe1 b6 13 cxb6 Nxb6 14 Qh4 Ne6 15 Bh6 Ra7 16 Rad1 Nd5 17 Ne4 f6 18 exf6 exf6 19 Bxg7 Kxg7 20 Qf2 Re7 1/2-1/2, Hayward Keith (2275) - Yoos Jack (2110), Minneapolis MN, MN Chp, 1987]
[1 ... g6 2 Nf3 Bg7 3 e4 d6 4 Be2 e5 5 0-0 Nc6 6 c3 Nf6 7 d3 0-0 8 a4 Nh5 9 fxe5 dxe5 10 Na3 Nf4 11 Bxf4 exf4 12 d4 f5 13 e5 Ne7 14 c4 c6 15 Qd2 Bh6 16 g3 g5 17 gxf4 gxf4 18 Kh1 Be6 19 Rad1 Qb6 20 Qc3 Rad8 21 Rg1+ Ng6 22 Ng5 Bxg5 23 Rxg5 Rd7 24 Bf3 Rfd8 25 a5 Qc7 26 Nc2 b5 27 b3 bxc4 28 bxc4 Qb7 29 d5 cxd5 30 Nd4 Qa6 31 Nxe6 Qxe6 32 cxd5 Rxd5 33 Rxd5 Rxd5 34 Qb3 1-0, Hayward Keith - Dahl Jeff, New Hope MN, 98th MN Open, 1992]
2 Nf3 g6
[2 ... c6 3 d3 d6 4 e4 Bg4 5 Be2 Bxf3 6 Bxf3 Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 Kh1 Be7 9 Nc3 0-0 10 Be3 Re8 11 f5 Nb6 12 g4 Nfd7 13 Qd2 Bf8 14 g5 g6 15 f6 Nxf6 16 gxf6 Qxf6 17 Rf2 Qh8 18 Raf1 Rad8 19 Bg4 d5 20 Bg5 Be7 21 Rxf7 Bxg5 22 Qxg5 dxe4 23 Nxe4 Nd7 24 Bxd7 1-0, Hayward Keith (2380) - Morgan Todd (1785), Superior WI, October 500, 1990]
[2 ... Nc6 3 e4 d6 4 Nf3 e5 5 Be2 Be7 6 0-0 0-0 7 Nc3 exf4 8 Bxf4 Be6 9 Qe1 Nh5 10 Be3 f5 11 Nd4 Nxd4 12 Bxd4 Black forfeited 1-0, Hayward Keith - Guido Clemente, Postal, ICCF 4PATT6, 1984]
[2 .. d6 3 d3 Nc6 4 e4 e5 5 Be2 Bg4 6 0-0 Qd7 7 Nc3 0-0-0 8 Nd5 h5 9 c3 Be7 10 b4 a6 11 a4 Na7 12 b5 Nxd5 13 exd5 a5 14 b6 cxb6 15 Be3 Kb8 16 Bxb6 Rc8 17 c4 exf4 18 Qd2 Bd8 19 Rfb1 Bxb6+ 20 Rxb6 Qd8 21 Rab1 Rc7 22 Qxa5 Bc8 23 Nd4 Rc5 24 Qb4 Qd7 25 a5 Re8 26 Bf3 Re3 27 a6 Rc7 28 Nc6+ Nxc6 29 dxc6 Qe7 30 cxb7 Bxb7 31 Rxb7+ Rxb7 32 Qxb7+ Qxb7 33 Rxb7+ Kc8 34 a7 Re1+ 35 Kf2 Ra1 36 Rxf7 Ra2+ 37 Be2 g5 38 a8Q+ Rxa8 39 Rf8+ 1-0, Hayward Keith (2315) - Blanco Tony (1605), Haltom TX, GFWCC, 1995]
[2 ... d6 3 d3 Nbd7 4 e4 e5 5 Be2 c6 6 Nc3 Be7 7 0-0 0-0 8 Kh1 Qb6 9 Nh4 Nc5 10 fxe5 dxe5 11 Nf5 Bxf5 12 Rxf5 Qc7 13 Qe1 Nfd7 14 Qg3 Ne6 15 Be3 Rac8 16 Raf1 b5 17 Rh5 Rfe8 18 Bg4 Bd6 19 Qh3 Ndf8 20 Bxe6 Rxe6 21 Ne2 Rce8 22 Ng3 g6 23 Rh4 Be7 24 Rg4 Rf6 25 Nf5 Kh8 26 Qh6 Rxf5 27 exf5 Qd7 28 f6 Bxf6 29 Rxf6 1-0, Hayward Keith (2245) - Zelkind Ed (2350), Minneapolis MN, Open, 1983]
3 d3 Bg7 4 e4 d6
[4 ... 0-0 5 Be2 d5 6 e5 Ne8 7 0-0 c5 8 Qe1 Nc6 9 c3 f6 10 exf6 Nxf6 11 Kh1 Qc7 12 Na3 a6 13 Nc2 Bd7 14 d4 cxd4 15 Ncxd4 Ne4 16 Be3 e5 17 Nxc6 bxc6 18 fxe5 c5 19 Rd1 Qb7 20 b3 Kh8 21 Bd3 Qc6 22 c4 1-0, Hayward Keith - Nicks Jim, Postal, APCT 86R5, 1986]
5 Be2 0-0
[5 ... c5 6 0-0 Nc6 7 d3 Bg4 8 Qe1 Nd4 9 Nd4 cd4 10 Nd1 Bd7 11 c3 dc3 12 Nc3 Qb6 13 Kh1 Bc6 14 Bf3 Nd7 15 Qe2 0-0 16 Be3 Bd4 17 Bd4 Qd4 18 Bg4 e6 19 Raf1 Rae8 20 Qd2 f5 21 Bh3 Nf6 22 Qc2 b5 -+, 0-1 in 32, KRH - Wayne Rohricht, Postal APCT Q99 Jan-Oct86]
[5 ... Nc6 6 0-0 e5 7 Nc3 Be6 8 Ng5 Nd4 9 Nxe6 Nxe2+ 10 Qxe2 fxe6 11 fxe5 dxe5 12 Be3 0-0 13 Bc5 Rf7 14 Rf2 b6 15 Be3 Qe7 16 Raf1 Raf8 17 g3 Qb4 18 Bc1 Nh5 19 a3 Qe7 20 Kg2 Rxf2+ 21 Rxf2 Rxf2+ 22 Qxf2 a6 23 Be3 Qf6 24 Bxb6 cxb6 25 Qxb6 Bh6 26 Qxa6 Be3 27 Nd1 Bg5 28 Qc8+ Kg7 29 Qd7+ Kh6 30 Nf2 Qe7 31 Ng4+ Kg7 32 Qxe7+ Bxe7 33 Nxe5 Nf6 34 b4 Bd6 35 Nc4 Bc7 36 a4 Nd7 37 a5 Nb8 38 b5 Nd7 39 b6 Bd8 40 d4 Kf6 41 Nd6 Nxb6 42 axb6 Bxb6 43 e5+ Kg7 44 Nb5 Kf7 45 c4 Ke7 46 Kf3 h6 47 Ke4 Kd7 48 g4 g5 49 h3 Bd8 50 d5 Be7 51 Nd4 exd5+ 52 cxd5 Bc5 53 e6+ Ke8 54 Nf5 Bf8 55 d6 1-0, Hayward Keith (2250) - Dahl Jeff (1685), St Cloud MN, Grand Prix, 1983]
[ 5 ... Nc6 6 0-0 e5 7 Nc3 h6 8 Qe1 Be6 9 Kh1 Qd7 10 fxe5 dxe5 11 Be3 Ng4 12 Bg1 0-0-0 13 Na4 b6 14 b4 Nd4 15 Nxd4 exd4 16 Nb2 h5 17 a4 Be5 18 Nc4 Bxc4 19 dxc4 Ne3 20 Bxe3 dxe3 21 Ra3 Qd2 22 Bd3 h4 23 c5 Kb8 24 cxb6 cxb6 25 a5 h3 26 Qxd2 exd2 27 g3 f5 28 axb6 axb6 29 Rd1 Rhe8 30 Bb5 Re7 31 Bc6 Rd4 32 Kg1 Bf6 33 Kf1 fxe4 34 c3 Rd3 35 Ra8+ Kc7 36 Bb5 Rf3+ 37 Ke2 Bg5 38 Ra7+ Kd6 39 Rxe7 Kxe7 40 c4 Rb3 41 Bc6 Kd6 42 b5 Kc5 43 Be8 Rf3 44 Bxg6 Kxc4 45 Be8 Kc3 46 Bh5 Rf6 47 Bg4 e3 0-1, Hayward Keith - Cayford Tony, Postal, ICCF 9USCCC, 1992]
6 0-0 e5
[6 ... c6 7 Nc3 Qb6+ 8 Kh1 Rd8 9 Qe1 Be6 10 h3 Na6 11 a3 Rac8 12 Qh4 Bd7 13 e5 Nd5 14 Ne4 f5 15 exf6 Nxf6 16 Nfg5 h6 17 Nxf6+ exf6 18 Ne4 Re8 19 Nxf6+ Bxf6 20 Qxf6 Re6 21 Qc3 Rxe2 22 f5 Bxf5 23 Bxh6 Qc7 24 Rf4 Qh7 25 Rh4 Qe7 26 Rf1 Rxc2 27 Qxc2 Qxh4 28 Qb3+ Kh7 29 Bd2 Rc7 30 Rf4 Qf6 31 Bc3 Qg5 32 Qc4 d5 33 Qd4 Kg8 34 Rh4 Bxh3 35 Rxh3 Kf7 36 Rf3+ Ke6 37 Re3+ Kd6 38 Qe5+ Qxe5 39 Bxe5+ Kd7 40 Bxc7 Nxc7 41 Rg3 c5 42 Rxg6 Ne6 43 Rg3 d4 44 Kg1 b5 45 b3 b4 46 a4 Nf4 47 Kf2 Ke6 48 Rf3 Ng6 49 Ke2 1-0, Hayward Keith - Skeels Jim, Postal, APCT 93RTC3, 1993]
[6 ... Bg4 7 Nc3 Nc6 8 Qe1 Bxf3 9 Bxf3 Nd4 10 Bd1 Qd7 11 Kh1 Rae8 12 Be3 e5 13 Qh4 Nh5 14 f5 Bf6 15 Qf2 Ng7 16 Nd5 Bd8 17 Bxd4 exd4 18 Bg4 c6 19 fxg6 f5 20 exf5 hxg6 21 Nf4 gxf5 22 Bf3 Bf6 23 Ng6 Rf7 24 Rae1 Re6 25 Nf4 Rxe1 26 Rxe1 Re7 27 Rxe7 Qxe7 28 Qe2 Qxe2 29 Nxe2 Kf7 30 g4 Kg6 31 gxf5+ Kxf5 32 h3 Kg5 33 Bg4 Be5 34 Kg2 Nh5 35 Kf3 Nf6 36 Bc8 b6 37 Be6 Kh4 38 Nf4 Kg5 39 Ng2 Bh2 40 h4+ Kh5 41 Bf7+ Kh6 42 Nf4 Kg7 43 Be6 Kh6 44 Ne2 Be5 45 Nf4 Kg7 46 a3 Kh6 47 Bf7 Kg7 48 Be6 1/2-1/2, Hayward Keith - Schmidt Cai, Postal, ICCF 10USCCC, 1994]
7 Nc3 Nc6 8 Qe1 Nd4 9 Bd1 Bg4 10 fxe5 dxe5 11 Nxe5 Bxd1 12 Qxd1 Nxe4 13 Nxe4 Bxe5 14 Bg5 f6 15 Bc1 f5 16 Bg5 Qd5 17 Nc3 Qd6 18 h3 Qb6 19 Kh1 Qxb2 20 Nd5 Ne6 21 Bh6 Qxa1 22 Qxa1 Bxa1 23 Bxf8 Rxf8 24 Rxa1 c6 25 Ne3 Nd4 26 Rb1 Re8 27 Nc4 b5 0-1, Hayward Keith - Sprenkle Dave, Postal, APCT 94RS3, 1994
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