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Polish Opening
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

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Moves: 1. b4 e5

Polish Opening

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1. b4 e5

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Black plays the most common reply. This pawn move gives Black a share of the centre slightly larger than in standard openings, while freeing the bishop on f8 to take White's b4 pawn. Now both 2. a3 and 2. Bb2 are good responses.

Theory table

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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		 =/+

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References

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Wikipedia has related information at Sokolsky Opening

  • 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.


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Chess openings quick reference
1. e4
1...e5 · Open
2. Nf3
With 2...Nc6:

With other 2nd moves:
2. Other

1...c5 · Sicilian
2... Nf3 · Open Sicilian
With 2...Nc6:

With 2...d6:

With 2...e6:

With other 2nd moves:
Anti-Sicilians
1... other
Caro-Kann
French
Other


1. d4
1...d5 · Closed
2. c4
2. Nc3
2. other
1...Nf6 · Indian
2. c4
With 2...e6:

With 2...g6:

With other 2nd moves for Black:
2. Nf3
2. other
1... other
Flank
Unorthodox


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