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Bird's Opening

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Bird's Opening

Summary

Bird's Opening is a flank opening[1]. It draws 993 Wikipedia views per month (flank_opening category, ranking #2 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bird's Opening is credited with the discovery of Luis Ramírez de Lucena[3].
  • Bird's Opening's instance of is recorded as flank opening[4].
  • Henry Bird is named after Bird's Opening[5].
  • Bird's Opening is a type of chess opening[6].
  • Bird's Opening is part of chess terminology[7].
  • Bird's Opening's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1497[8].
  • Bird's Opening's sport is recorded as chess[9].
  • Bird's Opening's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://chess.stackexchange.com/tags/birds-opening[10].
  • Bird's Opening's Portable Game Notation is recorded as f4[11].
  • Bird's Opening's position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation is recorded as rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/2P5/8/PP1PPPPP/RNBQKBNR b[12].

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Definition and Type

Bird's Opening's instance of is recorded as flank opening[4]. It is a type of chess opening[6].

Origins

Henry Bird is named after Bird's Opening[5].

Use and Application

Bird's Opening is part of chess terminology[7].

Why It Matters

Bird's Opening draws 993 Wikipedia views per month (flank_opening category, ranking #2 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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