The Big Bird PowerBase - 3rd Edition

Never again will you agonize over what to play as White, because Bird's Opening is the perfect system for the rest of your life! There's no need to learn a dozen openings based on the King's pawn or Queen's pawn, not when 1.f4 offers rich and varied games, suitable for winning chess. Black cannot hide, he cannot evade this complex opening - and now you can know the Bird better than anyone!

Some benefits of this new 2009 3rd Edition are described later. The bottom line is that almost seven years since the PowerBase was created we still find that Bird's Opening enjoys patronage at all levels of play. And at over 76,000 games in the present 3rd Edition, we trust that The Big Bird PowerBase remains the most complete source on 1.f4 found anywhere!

Besides more games, other improvements include an increase in "main" annotated games to 701, in addition to more than 1,200 further games scattered throughout the database which have some level of commentary. The Openings Key stands at an astonishing 2,188 classification positions, a powerful tool for gazing deep into Bird's Opening. Naturally the Tree databases have been updated, including now specialized Fritz books on From's Gambit, the Bird-Larsen, the Stonewall, the Leningrad Reversed, lines where White plays a straight Dutch with extra move - there's even a book for Irregular anti-Bird systems. Of course there's a complete .pgn file (with notes) for those using non-Chessbase software. Anyone who intends to play Bird's Opening will find that The Big Bird PowerBase is a keen weapon, which can help to defeat even the strongest of chess opponents!

The Big Bird PowerBase gives you complete coverage of 1.f4, including the Stonewall, Bird-Larsen Attack, Reversed Leningrad, and From's Gambit. The 701 annotated games feature notes by Steinitz, Tartakower, Bird, Staunton, Zukertort, Nimzowitsch, and many others - the great majority with full text commentary. This CD comes with everything you need to become an expert at Bird's Opening, such as:

* A huge database of more than 76,000 games
* 701 main annotated games
* Over 1,200 further games with medals, critical marks, evaluations, etc.
* Detailed opening key with nearly 2,200 classification positions
* 5 theme keys and clean indexes
* 4 text documents - even H. E. Bird essays and photos!
* Specialized tree databases (Fritz books) of major variations
* A complete PGN file
* Bonus database of selected odds games with Bird's Opening

Join the many GMs and IMs who rely on Bird's Opening as their primary weapon for White - you too can become a feared "Bird Man" with this CD at your fingertips! There's never been a more complete 1.f4 resource than The Big Bird PowerBase. Order your copy today!