There seems very little room to create new opening ideas in 2010 and the creative competitor must work hard to find new approaches which help to win games. Enter 1.f4, Bird s Opening! 1.f4 has hardly been given comprehensive coverage in the textbooks and on this new ChessBase DVD, International Master and Senior FIDE Trainer Andrew Martin examines this last frontier of sound andoriginal opening play. A repertoire is suggested for White, a little off the beaten track, where the emphasis is on setting new problems for the opponent andputting Black under pressure to find original solutions, right from move one!There can be no doubt that 1.d4 always provides entertainment and interestingpositions. If the opening is mastered it will produce excellent results over theboard. Back in the late seventies and eighties it was the Trompowsky Opening(1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5) which was giving Black a serious headache. Will 1.f4 continuein the same tradition in 2010 and beyond?