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Opening Coach
Bird's Opening
A02You play white1/8
Your move
The Bird. You stake out e5 and the kingside from move one — this is the Dutch Defense with White's extra tempo, so you're a full move ahead of all that theory.
Your line8 to go
Play the moves — your line builds here as you go.