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Polish Opening, with d5

2/2
1.b4d5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Polish Opening, with d52.4M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
90%2.2M54%
3.1%76k50%
2.3%56k51%
1.8%45k51%
Zukertort Opening: Santasiere's Folly0.8%19k54%
0.5%13k47%
0.4%10k50%
0.3%7.4k41%
0.3%6.4k51%
0.2%4.1k47%
Famous games in this line389 master games
Carlsen, M.. (2847) – So, W.. (2770)20210–1Andreikin, D. (2729) – So, W. (2771)2022½–½Short, N. (2683) – Caruana, F. (2782)20130–1Caruana, F. (2773) – Kollars, Dmitrij (2618)2023½–½Carlsen, M. (2834) – Flores Rios, M. (2529)20181–0Larsen, Bent (2630) – Browne, Walter S (2575)19741–0Liang, Awonder (2651) – Matviishen, Viktor (2538)20230–1Zilberman, Yaacov (2481) – Avrukh, Boris (2630)2001½–½
Heroes of this opening So, W.. · Caruana, F. · Carlsen, M. · Larsen, Bent
Family
Polish Opening
Category
Flank
First move
Other
ECO
A00
Line
1. b4 d5
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Zukertort Opening: Santasiere's Folly2.Nf3Polish Opening: Baltic Defense2.Bb2 Bf5Polish Opening: German Defense2.Bb2 Qd6Polish Opening: Myers Variation2.Bb2 c6 3.a4
Nearby lines in the family
Polish Opening: Dutch Defense1…f5Polish Opening: Birmingham Gambit1…c5Polish Opening: Outflank Variation1…c6
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