Chess Openings- Birds Opening

The Bird's Opening is the 6th most popular opening, although rarely played in comparison. White tries to focus on the center by controlling the dark squares while black tries to focus on the light squares.

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[Hereson0]

@BravaAl Googled it: "fianchettoed" Thanks for the reply ;)

[Matt101211012]

ive played this opening multiple times , and the light squared bishop is very powerful in the end game

[BravaAl]

@Hereson0 "finnichetto his bishop"

[Hereson0]

6:32 What did he(Kevin^^) say? (something something) Bishop. (Thanks in advance!)

[Azkadaz]

@TheCheesemate This is actually not called the "Reverse Sicilian," it is called the English Opening. In this case, White is not looking for rapid Queen development, but rather to undermine Black's control of the light-colored center squares.

[drumminmaniac]

i love the music at the beginning of the videos. where can i find it?

[IDGAFWTFMNI]

100th comment.

[MrPeto1212]

I think at 5:20 is better Qe2,if exchange bishops,white will won a pawn

[fastestcars2011]

thanks man because of you i have beaten Viswanathan Anand

[fateplus1]

@IdkScapeFilms i believe gambits are the sets of moves that generally involve the sacrifice of a piece for some advantage a lot of times positional in the opening