Polish Defense

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Polish Defense

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The Polish Defense is an opening in chess . It is classified under the ECO code A40 and is one of the closed games .

It got its name from the Polish chess theorist Aleksander Wagner , who first used it in tournament practice in 1913. It arises after moves 1. d2 – d4 b7 – b5 .

Ideas for this opening are:

  • The development of the queen's bishop on the b7 square, from where he exerts pressure on the white kingside via the a8 – h1 diagonal and, above all, controls the important e4 square.
  • Thanks to the pawn on b5, Black can fight for space advantage on the queenside.
  • Black's opening strategy does not require any knowledge of forced long variants, so that the opponent's preparation for the opening is less important.

Nonetheless, practice shows that after the natural 2. e2 – e4! Bc8 – b7 can comfortably fight for advantage using a setup f2 – f3, Sb1 – d2, Bf1 – d3 or Bxb5.

In the 22nd game of the 1966 World Cup in Moscow , Boris Spasski played the Polish defense against defending champion Tigran Petrosjan and equalized after about 20 moves, but then made a serious mistake and lost after 35 moves.

literature

  • Peter Zimmer: The Polish Defense : Schach-Profi-Verl. Dreier, Ludwigshafen 1995 ISBN 3-929376-03-2 .