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Polish Opening: Symmetrical Variation

ECO A00 · 152 games · White to move

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1. b4 b5
50% White5% Draw45% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Bb212783.6%

A further 25 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

Polish Opening 1. b4Polish Opening: Symmetrical Variation 1... b5

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. e3488Baltic DefenseA00… 1... d5 2. Bb2 Bf5432Birmingham GambitA00… 1... c5361Bugayev Advance VariationA00… 1... e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. b5293Dutch DefenseA00… 1... f5231

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.