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Polish Defence
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

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Polish Defence

1...b5

With this move, black prevents white from playing c4 and prepares his queen's bishop to be fianchettoed . However, white can just play e4 and still occupy the center with pawns.

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Theory table

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1.d4 b5

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References

    • Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.
    • Modern Chess Openings: MCO-14. 1999. Nick de Firmian, Walter Korn. ISBN 0-8129-3084-3.
    • Batsford Chess Openings 2 (1989, 1994). Garry Kasparov, Raymond Keene. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.
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