Controlling the center in a closed Bird's system E Lowe vs H Kennedy, 1849  (A02) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 1-0 Building a kingside attack in the symmetrical defense H Buckle vs Lowenthal, 1851  (A02) Bird's Opening, 41 moves, 1-0 Measured development against the symmetrical defense Staunton vs E Williams, 1851  (A02) Bird's Opening, 32 moves, 1-0 Closed queenside build-up T W Barnes vs Zytogorski, 1855  (A02) Bird's Opening, 59 moves, 1-0 Anderssen experiments with promising results Anderssen vs Kolisch, 1861  (A02) Bird's Opening, 31 moves, 1-0 Symmetrical defense works with measured build-up of pressure Anderssen vs Kolisch, 1861  (A02) Bird's Opening, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2 Bird finds first victory with the opening that bears his name Bird vs J Wisker, 1873  (A02) Bird's Opening, 32 moves, 1-0 Closed system with kingside pressure Bird vs S Rosenthal, 1873  (A02) Bird's Opening, 72 moves, 1-0 Bird experiments with restrained development, opens queenside Bird vs J Minckwitz, 1880  (A03) Bird's Opening, 68 moves, 1-0 From's Gambit as King's Gambit Bird vs Zukertort, 1886  (A02) Bird's Opening, 37 moves, 1-0 One way to deal with an early ...c5 in the Bird's System Mackenzie vs Lipschutz, 1886  (A02) Bird's Opening, 39 moves, 1-0 Kignside pressure after trade of kings' bishop Bird vs M Judd, 1889  (A02) Bird's Opening, 42 moves, 1-0 Lasker's classic. Both bishops aimed at the castled King. Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0 Bird's stonewall, center control Bird vs Tinsley, 1891  (A02) Bird's Opening, 42 moves, 1-0 These older games come in handy for closed Bird's systems Bird vs Lasker, 1892  (A03) Bird's Opening, 102 moves, 1-0 Address queenside pressure with kingside attacks Yurevich vs M Lowtzky, 1903  (A03) Bird's Opening, 53 moves, 1-0 Open From's Gambit I: Requires endgame precision A Brinckmann vs Tartakower, 1927 (A02) Bird's Opening, 68 moves, 1-0 Bohatirchuk sacs a knight for an irresistable kingside attack F Bohatirchuk vs V Makogonov, 1927  (A03) Bird's Opening, 36 moves, 1-0 From's Gambit I: Beating the "trapped knight" tactic M Elyashov vs NN, 1948  (A02) Bird's Opening, 12 moves, 1-0 Korchnoi brings his unique, tactical game to Bird's Opening Korchnoi vs G Goldberg, 1950  (A02) Bird's Opening, 41 moves, 1-0 Larsen shows standard opening development w/exchanges and pawns Larsen vs G Fuster, 1958  (A02) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 1-0 Here Larsen fianchetto's his Queen's bishop with 4.b4 Larsen vs Spassky, 1964  (A03) Bird's Opening, 60 moves, 1-0 Bohatirchuk turns Larsen's b4 into an unlikely gambit in Bird's F Bohatirchuk vs A Kalotay, 1964  (A02) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0 Larsen builds familiar kingside pressure with endgame precision Larsen vs Gligoric, 1966  (A02) Bird's Opening, 66 moves, 1-0 Evans demonstrates how to manuever in a closed Bird's system Larry Evans vs E Paoli, 1967  (A03) Bird's Opening, 41 moves, 1-0 Bronstein exchanges with pawn pushes to open the center Bronstein vs F Visier Segovia, 1972 (A03) Bird's Opening, 55 moves, 1-0 The "Hedgehog" Bird M Basman vs Tal, 1973  (A02) Bird's Opening, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2 Bronstein's version of queenside pressure in an open Bird's Bronstein vs Trzaska Peter, 1991 (A03) Bird's Opening, 42 moves, 1-0 From's Gambit II: Beating the "trapped knight" tactic R Cristobal vs J Rosito, 1999  (A02) Bird's Opening, 26 moves, 1-0 The Ultimate Bird's Opening Stonewall? "The Alterman Wall!" B Alterman vs Deep Fritz, 2000  (A03) Bird's Opening, 87 moves, 1-0 Contemporary game of the early king's bishop exchange O Sikorova vs M Grabics, 2001 (A02) Bird's Opening, 55 moves, 1-0 Open From's Gambit II: Requires endgame precision J E Amador vs J Curdo, 2001 (A02) Bird's Opening, 44 moves, 1-0 Bird's Stonewall with early queen's bishop exchange H Hau vs N Schonberg, 2001  (A03) Bird's Opening, 53 moves, 1-0 Standard development with early knight outpost on e5 J Isakovs vs J Nyback, 2001 (A03) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 1-0 Declining From's Gambit I: Middlegame precision H Danielsen vs R Hardarson, 2001  (A02) Bird's Opening, 41 moves, 1-0 Why black shouldn't play an "Indian Defense" against Bird's Blatny vs J Kraai, 2001  (A02) Bird's Opening, 25 moves, 1-0 Contemporary system with equal play to the endgame Granda-Zuniga vs Beliavsky, 2002  (A02) Bird's Opening, 54 moves, 1-0 Declining From's Gambit II: Open game tactics H Danielsen vs Pokorna, 2003  (A02) Bird's Opening, 60 moves, 1-0 Pile-up on the f-file Thomas Beyer vs A Kotlar, 2001  (A03) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 1-0 Tartakower misses 16.Nxc7 for a solid pawn Tartakower vs Marshall, 1914  (A02) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2