Opening family
Polish Opening Lines and Variations
The Polish Opening family contains 25 named lines in this opening book, spanning ECO A00 to A05. Use this page as the map, then open individual lines for exact move orders and diagrams.
How to study this family
White
White should use the move order as a checkpoint: finish development, identify the central break, and compare the continuations below before memorizing moves.
Black
Black should ask what White is threatening in the center, then choose development moves that prepare a clean pawn break or a useful exchange.
Start with the shortest line, then branch to the variations that change the pawn structure or tactical target. Memorizing every branch before understanding the family plan is usually wasted work.
Main named lines
- A00 · Polish Opening
- A00 · Polish Opening: Birmingham Gambit
- A00 · Polish Opening: Dutch Defense
- A00 · Polish Opening: Grigorian Variation
- A00 · Polish Opening: Karniewski Variation
- A00 · Polish Opening: Outflank Variation
- A00 · Polish Opening: Symmetrical Variation
- A00 · Polish Opening: Bugayev Attack
- A00 · Polish Opening: Baltic Defense
- A00 · Polish Opening: Czech Defense
- A00 · Polish Opening: German Defense
- A00 · Polish Opening: King's Indian Variation
- A00 · Polish Opening: Wolferts Gambit
- A00 · Polish Opening: Bugayev Advance Variation
- A00 · Polish Opening: King's Indian Variation, Schiffler Attack
- A00 · Polish Opening: Myers Variation
- A00 · Polish Opening: Outflank Variation, Schuehler Gambit
- A00 · Polish Opening: Tartakower Gambit
- A05 · Polish Opening: Zukertort System
- A00 · Polish Opening: Queen's Indian Variation
- A00 · Polish Opening: Queenside Defense
- A00 · Polish Opening: Schiffler-Sokolsky Variation
- A00 · Polish Opening: Schuehler Gambit
- A00 · Polish Opening: King's Indian Variation, Sokolsky Attack
Deep theory branches
- 1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d4 — Polish Opening: King's Indian Variation, Sokolsky Attack
- 1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. b5 a6 4. a4 axb5 5. axb5 Rxa1 6. Bxa1 — Polish Opening: Rooks Swap Line
- 1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. b5 d5 4. e3 — Polish Opening: Schiffler-Sokolsky Variation
- 1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. b5 cxb5 4. e4 — Polish Opening: Schuehler Gambit
- 1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. b5 b6 — Polish Opening: Queen's Indian Variation
- 1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. b5 a6 — Polish Opening: Queenside Defense
- 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. b5 — Polish Opening: Bugayev Advance Variation
- 1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 — Polish Opening: King's Indian Variation, Schiffler Attack
- 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 c6 3. a4 — Polish Opening: Myers Variation
- 1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. b5 — Polish Opening: Outflank Variation, Schuehler Gambit
- 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. e4 — Polish Opening: Tartakower Gambit
- 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b4 g6 3. Bb2 — Polish Opening: Zukertort System
- 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 — Polish Opening: Baltic Defense
- 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 — Polish Opening: Czech Defense
- 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Qd6 — Polish Opening: German Defense
- 1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 — Polish Opening: King's Indian Variation