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Polish Opening: Baltic Defense

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1.b4d52.Bb2Bf5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Polish Opening: Baltic Defense264k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
59%157k55%
22%58k55%
4.7%12k50%
4.4%12k52%
2.7%7.2k54%
1.8%4.8k51%
1.4%3.6k56%
1.3%3.5k50%
0.5%1.4k55%
0.4%97946%
Famous games in this line25 master games
Larsen, Bent (2630) – Browne, Walter S (2575)19741–0Morovic Fernandez, Ivan (2560) – Obregon Rivero, Juan Carlos (2501)20131–0Zilberman, Yaacov (2505) – Kogan, Artur (2483)20001–0Bach, Matthias (2307) – Berg, Emanuel (2604)2011½–½Gashimov, Vugar (2426) – Zulfugarli, Magomed (2479)20000–1Abdulla, AlR (2459) – Hossain, Enam (2398)2022½–½Tumurbator, Purev (2375) – Tringov, Georgi P (2480)1980½–½Kural, Aziz Serhat (2409) – Elent, Michael (2428)2020½–½
Heroes of this opening Larsen, Bent · Morovic Fernandez, Ivan · Zilberman, Yaacov · Zulfugarli, Magomed
Family
Polish Opening
Category
Flank
First move
Other
ECO
A00
Line
1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5
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