Bird Rules the Endgame

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Jun 122011

[Event "Lina Grumette Open"] [Site "Los Angeles"] [Date "2011.06.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Taylor, Timothy"] [Black "Brown,Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A03"] [PlyCount "151"] [EventDate "2011.06.01"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 Bf5 4.Bg2 e6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3 h6 7.c3 0-0 8.Qe1 c5 9.Nbd2 Nc6 10.e4 Bh7 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.exd5 exd5 14.Nf3 Rfe8 15.Ne5 [...]

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Last Two Games of Jimmy Quon: Interesting but Disappointing

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Jan 242011

The Bird almost rules! After a wild struggle, I force the draw against GM Paragua (and congratulations to him, as he took clear first in the tournament!) . Unfortunately, as Fritz and my wife told me, in fact, despite having R and 2 pawns for my two pieces, Black is actually much worse after 23.Bxe6! [...]

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The Bird Rules!

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Jan 182011

How can you win with an 125 year old attack? Easy! Play Bird’s Opening! Since chess players in general refuse to study the Bird, it’s often possible to win with an attack pioneered by Bird himself (see note to Black’s 11th move) in 1885! Of course the most famous game with this attack was Fischer’s [...]

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Reader Q & A: From's Gambit - Transpositions

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Dec 102010

Question: Hi Tim, A while ago I took an advise and ordered the book:“Bird’s Opening”. I found that the book was a pleasant one to read. I do now know 4 main variations of the Bird, I’m happy. I wanted you to know that the book did improve my game and brought the main goals [...]

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