A40: Polish defence

1. d4 b5

Polish defence

A40 Sub-variants:

Queen's pawn
1. d4

Queen's pawn, Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defence
1. d4 Nc6

Queen's pawn, Charlick (Englund) gambit
1. d4 e5

Queen's pawn, Englund gambit
1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Qd5 f6 5. exf6 Nxf6

Queen's pawn, English defence
1. d4 b6

Polish defence
1. d4 b5

Queen's pawn
1. d4 e6

Queen's pawn, Keres defence
1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6

Queen's pawn, Franco-Indian (Keres) defence
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+

Modern defence
1. d4 g6

Beefeater defence
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5

Overview

Games on Database:

1258

Last Played:

May 2023

Overall score:

46.1%

22.3%

31.6%

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Played frequently by:

White
Stefano Tatai	4 games
George Grigore	4 games
Slavisa Peric	4 games

Black
Antanas Zapolskis	25 games
Vladimir Ivanets	17 games
Frank Wuts	13 games

Possible continuations:

2. e4

798

51 %

20.2 %

28.8 %

2. Nf3

229

34.5 %

26.2 %

39.3 %

2. e3

60

45 %

25 %

30 %

2. a4

48

41.7 %

45.8 %

2. Bf4

45

31.1 %

33.3 %

35.6 %

2. c3

29

51.7 %

34.5 %

2. Bg5

22

45.5 %

36.4 %

18.2 %

2. c4

10

40 %

40 %

20 %

2. Qd3

7

14.3 %

42.9 %

42.9 %

2. a3

3

33.3 %

66.7 %

2. Be3

2

100 %

2. Nc3

2

50 %

50 %