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Polish Opening: Schuehler Gambit
Overview
Polish Opening: Schuehler Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO A00, Flank Openings). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
It is reached after 7 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. b5 cxb5 4. e4.
The line refines Polish Opening: Outflank Variation, which traces back to the root opening Polish Opening.
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- ECO code
- A00
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 7
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Statistics from Lichess
901 games · White 45.3% / Draw 3.9% / Black 50.8%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| b4 | 690 | |
| Qb6 | 70 | |
| Nc6 | 57 | |
| d6 | 29 | |
| Nf6 | 18 | |
| d5 | 14 | |
| b6 | 9 | |
| e6 | 6 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:29:54
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