Chess Opening Theory/1. b4/1...e5

Polish Opening
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4p3/1P6/8/P1PPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w
Moves: 1. b4 e5

Polish Opening

1. b4 e5

Black plays the most common reply, this pawn move adds pressure to the center while freeing the bishop on f8 to take White's b4 pawn. Now a3 and Bb2 are good followups.

Theory table

For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation.

1. b4 e5

	2	3
	Bb2 Bxb4	Bxe5 Nf6	=
	a3 d5	Bb2 a5	=
	b5 d5	Bb2 Nd7	=
	... Nf6	Bb2 Bc5	=

References

• Eric Schiller (2002). Unorthodox Chess Openings (Second Edition ed.). Cardoza. ISBN 1-58042-072-9. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
• Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.