Bird Opening: Hobbs Gambit
Gambit with 1.f4. Uncommon but aggressive.
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1.f4g5
About this opening
The Hobbs Gambit (1.f4 g5) answers the Bird with an immediate kingside pawn sacrifice, intending to open lines after ...gxf4 and disrupt White's development. The idea is frankly risky and objectively dubious: the weakening of Black's castled position is severe. It is a blitz provocation, aimed only at dragging the opponent into tactical chaos.