What is the Bird Opening: Platz Gambit expected score for White?
At all ratings, the Bird Opening: Platz Gambit has a 54.1% expected score for White (we're 90% confident it's between 52.5% and 55.7%), based on 2.6K Lichess games.
2.6K games from Lichess · Updated January 2026
At all ratings, the Bird Opening: Platz Gambit has a 54.1% expected score for White (we're 90% confident it's between 52.5% and 55.7%), based on 2.6K Lichess games.
Improves with rating: 47% → 54%
Best in Classical (69%), worst in UltraBullet (38%)
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| Rating | UB | Bulle | Blitz | Rapid | Class |
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| 2200-2499 | — | — | |||
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Expected score matrix by rating bracket and time control
The Bird Opening: Platz Gambit has a 52.6% (90% CI: 51.0%-54.2%) win rate for white, based on 2.6K rated games from Lichess.
The Bird Opening: Platz Gambit performs best at 1200-1399 Elo with a 55.1% win rate for white (299 games). Win rate tends to decline at higher ratings as opponents know the theory better.
Blitz (53.5%) outperforms UltraBullet (37.6%) by 15.9%. Choose your time control wisely.
The Bird Opening: Platz Gambit has a sharpness score of 97.1 (very decisive), meaning 97.1% of games end decisively. Average game length is 31 moves.
At 0-999 Elo, the Bird Opening: Platz Gambit has a 46.5% (90% CI: 39.1%-54.0%) win rate for white, based on 120 Lichess games. Average game length is 27 moves with a 6.2% draw rate.
At 1000-1199 Elo, the Bird Opening: Platz Gambit has a 54.8% (90% CI: 47.6%-61.9%) win rate for white, based on 129 Lichess games. Average game length is 27 moves with a 3.4% draw rate.
At 1200-1399 Elo, the Bird Opening: Platz Gambit has a 55.1% (90% CI: 50.3%-59.8%) win rate for white, based on 299 Lichess games. Average game length is 28 moves with a 3.2% draw rate.
At 1400-1599 Elo, the Bird Opening: Platz Gambit has a 51.8% (90% CI: 48.1%-55.5%) win rate for white, based on 494 Lichess games. Average game length is 29 moves with a 1.3% draw rate.
At 1600-1799 Elo, the Bird Opening: Platz Gambit has a 52.2% (90% CI: 49.0%-55.4%) win rate for white, based on 655 Lichess games. Average game length is 32 moves with a 2.1% draw rate.
At 1800-1999 Elo, the Bird Opening: Platz Gambit has a 52.6% (90% CI: 49.3%-56.0%) win rate for white, based on 598 Lichess games. Average game length is 34 moves with a 5.3% draw rate.
At 2000-2199 Elo, the Bird Opening: Platz Gambit has a 53.3% (90% CI: 47.9%-58.7%) win rate for white, based on 232 Lichess games. Average game length is 37 moves with a 2.4% draw rate.
In Bullet games, the Bird Opening: Platz Gambit has a 52.2% (90% CI: 49.9%-54.4%) win rate for white (1.3K Lichess games). Draw rate is 1.8%.
In Blitz games, the Bird Opening: Platz Gambit has a 53.5% (90% CI: 51.0%-56.0%) win rate for white (1.1K Lichess games). Draw rate is 4.3%.
In Rapid games, the Bird Opening: Platz Gambit has a 55.4% (90% CI: 48.3%-62.4%) win rate for white (133 Lichess games). Draw rate is 4.1%.
The Bird Opening: Platz Gambit is statistically favors white with a 52.6% (90% CI: 51.0%-54.2%) win rate across all ratings. It performs best at 1200-1399 Elo. Your results depend on your rating, time control, and how well you know the typical plans.