Jon Boedvarsson vs Fridrik Olafsson (1947)

Jon Boedvarsson vs Fridrik Olafsson
Iceland 1947 · Bird Opening: From Gambit (A02) · 0-1

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Jan-19-04		Dillinger: Why isn't this in the list of quickest games?

Sep-02-04		Knight13: If this is the Bird's Opening, I need to watch out.

Sep-01-05		fudge: <Knight13>, from what I've seen from Bird's games, the safest way to play the <Bird's Opening> is not to use it at all!

Sep-01-05		aw1988: <fudge> No offense, but your avatar is seriously scaring me...

Sep-01-05		WannaBe: <aw1988> It's not as bad as having a wolf staring you down. :-0

Sep-01-05		aw1988: Shudder.

Sep-03-05		fudge: <aw1988> It scares me too, but the shock value is good for my concentration :)

Sep-03-05		Halldor: For some reasons this game isn't in Ólafsson's book of his 50 best attacking games...!

Sep-03-05		Averageguy: This trap usually runs 4...g5 5.h3 Bg3#

Feb-08-06		McCool: That is just pathetic.

Jan-26-08		fm avari viraf: A patzer or a Blindness?

Jan-26-08		pawnofdoom: Olafsson was 12 when he played this. If Boedvarsson was a good enough player to play the Birds opening, then he should have known better than to ever play h3.

May-28-08		number 23 NBer: Being a Bird-er myself, I can proudly say that I have never fallen into this sort of trap. However, I also have lost almost all my games where I took the e5-pawn anyway.

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