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Polish Opening — opening family

27 catalogued lines · ECO A00–A05

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The shortest catalogued line of the family runs 1. b4 — the position below. The continuation chips count how many catalogued lines extend this head with each next move; explore the full tree below and play any branch against the engine.

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Variations tree of the Polish Opening family

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27 variations of “Polish Opening” · win% from 1.5M rated games · ♞ Test your knowledge vs engine

Main continuations

All 27 lines

NameECOMain line length
Polish OpeningA001 plies
Polish Opening, with d5A002 plies
Polish Opening: Symmetrical VariationA002 plies
Polish Opening: Birmingham GambitA002 plies
Polish Opening: Outflank VariationA002 plies
Polish Opening: Dutch DefenseA002 plies
Polish Opening: Karniewski VariationA002 plies
Polish Opening: Grigorian VariationA002 plies
Polish Opening: Bugayev AttackA003 plies
Polish Opening: Wolferts GambitA004 plies
Polish Opening: Czech DefenseA004 plies
Polish Opening: King's Indian VariationA004 plies
Polish Opening: Baltic DefenseA004 plies
Polish Opening: German DefenseA004 plies
Polish Opening: Myers VariationA005 plies
Polish Opening: Bugayev Advance VariationA005 plies
Polish Opening: Outflank Variation, Schuehler GambitA005 plies
Polish Opening: Tartakower GambitA005 plies
Polish Opening: King's Indian Variation, Schiffler AttackA005 plies
Polish Opening, with d5A005 plies
Polish Opening: Zukertort SystemA055 plies
Polish Opening: Queen's Indian VariationA006 plies
Polish Opening: Queenside DefenseA006 plies
Polish Opening: Schiffler-Sokolsky VariationA007 plies
Polish Opening: Schuehler GambitA007 plies
Polish Opening: King's Indian Variation, Sokolsky AttackA0011 plies
Polish Opening: Rooks Swap LineA0011 plies