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Polish Opening: Baltic Defense

ECO A00 · 432 games · White to move

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1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5
49% White5% Draw46% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
e326761.8%
Nf310323.8%
d3214.9%
b5153.5%
g3102.3%

A further 16 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

Polish Opening 1. b4Polish Opening, with d5 1... d5Polish Opening: Baltic Defense 2... Bf5

Other lines in this family

Polish OpeningA00…18,466Czech DefenseA00… 1... e5 2. Bb2 d62,296King's Indian VariationA00… 1... Nf6 2. Bb2 g61,320Outflank VariationA00… 1... c6777Bugayev AttackA00… 1... e5 2. a3604Schiffler-Sokolsky VariationA00… 1... e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. b5 d5 4. e3488Birmingham GambitA00… 1... c5361Bugayev Advance VariationA00… 1... e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. b5293Dutch DefenseA00… 1... f5231Symmetrical VariationA00… 1... b5152

All 16 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.