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Polish Opening: Schiffler-Sokolsky Variation

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Overview

Polish Opening: Schiffler-Sokolsky Variation is a named branch in the Flank Openings group of chess theory, classified under ECO A00.

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 7 plies and takes 1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. b5 d5 4. e3 to reach the canonical position.

It branches immediately from Polish Opening in the opening tree.

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ECO code
A00
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
7
Parent
Polish Opening

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Statistics from Lichess

364,371 games · White 49.6% / Draw 5.7% / Black 44.7%

MovesGamesW / D / B
Be776,668
c565,170
c651,469
Bd738,016
a637,951
Bd636,931
b622,036
Nbd711,172

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:29:52

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