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Magnus Carlsen has twice played the move 1.f4, including once in classical chess. Both games are annotated in the database (by Yermolinsky and Peter Heine Nielsen). Henrik Danielsen (82 games) and Artur Jakubiec (74) are the greatest specialists in the Bird Opening. The threshold for inclusion on the database was an average for the game of Elo 2350.
System requirements (Minimum): Desktop PC or Notebook, Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 2 GB RAM, and Fritz 18, 17, 16 or ChessBase 17, 16, 15 and DVD drive for DVDs / for Downloads no DVD drive required.
The database shows the games list. With a double click on a game, the game is loaded. By clicking on the tab Players you can sort the list by frequency. By doing this you can examine the games of Danielsen or Jakubiec further who have played the opening a lot.
Games can be replayed and examined with an engine or likewise with a powerbook.