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Polish Defense
Overview
Polish Defense is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A40.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
It begins with 2 plies and takes 1. d4 b5 to reach the canonical position.
It is a direct variation of Queen's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Spassky Gambit Accepted.
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- ECO code
- A40
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 2
- Parent
- Queen's Pawn Game
- Direct variations
- 1
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Statistics from Lichess
1,141,193 games · White 49.3% / Draw 4.4% / Black 46.3%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| e4 | 470,974 | |
| Nf3 | 197,566 | |
| Bf4 | 153,966 | |
| e3 | 111,178 | |
| c4 | 89,433 | |
| Nc3 | 21,035 | |
| c3 | 16,578 | |
| a4 | 16,531 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:49:09
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