Lifetime Repertoires Bird Opening by GM Simon Williams 29 Jul 2024

The “One Percent” Repertoire
for Chess Mavericks

It starts every game as White with the opening knowledge odds in your favor… forces Black to think without the help of their prep as the clock counts down… then leads the game to unique pawn structures, where your experience reigns supreme!

You’re probably thinking: “Why is it called the ‘one percent’ repertoire?”

That’s because it opens with the eyebrow-raising Bird Opening — played in only 1% of chess games.

Establish a home court advantage from
move one with the Bird Opening’s 1.f4

Let’s do the math:

In 100 games as Black, your opponent would’ve met 1.f4 once or twice.

They won’t even bother looking it up in a database — while players who “prepare” can barely remember their move orders if their life depended on it.

With the same number of games as White, however, you’d be 100x more familiar… 100x more comfortable… and 100x better-prepared to crush with 1.f4!

And to build up this massive experience advantage double time…

Grandmaster Raven Sturt and Grandmaster Simon Williams arm you with a proven guide to the Bird Opening. One where…

A Kingside Attack Is ALWAYS
In Your Back-Pocket!

“Pawn to f4” seizes kingside space and sets up angles of attack.

That’s why it’s a trademark of razor-sharp openings like the King’s Gambit, Vienna Opening, and the Sicilian Defense.

But while they wait to push their f-pawn…

Lifetime Repertoires: Bird Opening skips all the preparatory moves and their reams of theory. So that you kick off every game with long-term attacking potential.

Attacking potential that reaches epic proportions when you combine the f4-pawn with a headhunting bishop on b2…

It’s only a matter of time before the center blows open,
uncovering the sniper b2-bishop

Delay castling so your rook can rip the g-file open and join the fray…

Black can only hang on for dear life,
while the white pieces smash
through the weak kingside

Or expand your extra kingside space into total board domination!

With iron-clad control of the c5, d4, and e5 squares…
plus a half-open f-file… you have the edge in
this even-material position

Lifetime Repertoires: Bird Opening also sidesteps the familiar structures of 1.e4 and 1.d4 openings.

This way, Black must improvise and burn through precious thinking time…

While you blitz out the first 10 to 17 moves, confident that the game is going where you want it to!

That’s because Sturt and Williams don’t just teach you theory.

They teach you tournament-tested Bird Opening theory. So rest assured it works — not only when you’re studying — but especially in real games.

Since 2021, Sturt has been refining and testing the same variations you’ll see in a moment.

He’s played them in different tournament formats and time controls. Not only beating strong IMs in classical games, but also outsmarting 2600- and 2700-rated GMs in fast time controls.

Then there’s the 2022 Chessable Presenter of the Year, Simon Williams, doing what he does best:

Transferring his skills and understanding to you in the most energetic way possible. So you can’t help but remember the lessons!

Chess Instruction That Expands Your Horizons

“The videos are clearly worth the price of admission. Simon does a very good job in his annotations. His reasoning is clear, he describes what to do very well… Attacks I would have had no idea how to initiate or perform… seem possible now. I clearly improved my understanding by watching the videos.”

— Eskychess

Here’s a quick recap of what you’re getting:

🦅 A complete 1.f4 repertoire for White with 922 MoveTrainer variations. One that grants you a massive knowledge advantage in every game!

🦅 Almost 25 hours of video feeding you move-by-move plans… essential positional ideas… and tactical patterns to shortcut your Bird Opening mastery.

🦅 Plus model games which show you how to clinch the full point after the opening.