Polish Defense: Spassky Gambit Accepted
1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bxb5
The Polish Defense: Spassky Gambit Accepted is a chess opening classified as ECO A40, reached after 1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bxb5. It is a line of the Polish Defense. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 109 times by this move order. White won 47%, 2% were drawn and Black won 51%. The most popular continuation is 3… Bxe4 (94% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.56 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 3… Bxe4 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3)
- ECO
- A40
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bxb5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 20 | |
| 1500-1999 | 56 | |
| 2000+ | 33 | |
| All | 109 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… Bxe4 | 102 (94%) | |
| 3… a6 | 2 (2%) | |
| 3… e6 | 1 (1%) | |
| 3… c6 | 1 (1%) | |
| 3… f5 | 1 (1%) | |
| 3… Nf6 | 1 (1%) | |
| 3… f6 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
104 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 46%, draw 15%, Black 39%). The strongest:
- GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (2700) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2853) 1/2-1/2 · Superbet Blitz 2023 · 2023-05-25
- IM Renato Terry (2508) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2840) 0-1 · 2nd 3-0 Thu 29th Jan 2026 · 2026-01-29
- IM Andrey Tsvetkov (2435) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2832) 1-0 · Titled Tue 20th Aug Early · 2024-08-20
- GM Arman Mikaelyan (2496) – GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2729) 1-0 · Titled Tue 7th Feb Late · 2023-02-07
- GM Renato R. Quintiliano (2513) – GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (2700) 0-1 · Titled Tue 30th May Early · 2023-05-30
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Comes from
Polish Defense 1. d4 b5
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.