Anderssen's Opening: Polish Gambit
1. a3 a5 2. b4
The Anderssen's Opening: Polish Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. a3 a5 2. b4. It is a line of the Anderssen's Opening. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 7 times by this move order. White won 29%, 28% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 2… axb4 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.97 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 2… axb4 3. Bb2 bxa3 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 3 plies
- FEN
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1. a3 a5 2. b4
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 3 | |
| 1500-1999 | 3 | |
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 7 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2… axb4 | 7 (100%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Mastermind-369 (2034) – WROBERTO (2186) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- Det66 (1995) – Mohamed12Wageh (1985) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- mechenosets (1941) – Mamedo (1939) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Anderssen's Opening 1. a3
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.