Bird Opening: Lasker Variation

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5

ECO A03

The Bird Opening: Lasker Variation is a chess opening line in the Bird Opening complex, reached after 1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5.

It is catalogued under code A03 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move c5 is chosen by Black on move 3.

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