Polish Opening: Bugayev Advance Variation
1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. b5
The Polish Opening: Bugayev Advance Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. b5. It is a line of the Polish Opening. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 881 times by this move order. White won 53%, 4% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 3… d5 (46% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 3… d5 4. d4 a6 5. a4 axb5 6. axb5)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. b5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 273 | |
| 1500-1999 | 542 | |
| 2000+ | 66 | |
| All | 881 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… d5 | 405 (46%) | |
| 3… a6 | 107 (12%) | |
| 3… Bc5 | 101 (11%) | |
| 3… b6 | 101 (11%) | |
| 3… c6 | 87 (10%) | |
| 3… d6 | 22 (2%) | |
| 3… Ne7 | 20 (2%) | |
| 3… Qe7 | 9 (1%) |
Master games
27 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 48%, draw 15%, Black 37%). The strongest:
- GM Ivan Morovic Fernandez (2560) – IM Santiago Gonzalez De La Torre (2446) 1/2-1/2 · 48th Capablanca Open I 2013 · 2013-04-28
- IM Praveen Balakrishnan (2500) – GM Krzysztof Jakubowski (2497) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 1st June · 2021-06-01
- IM Aaravamudhan Balaji (2348) – GM Olexandr Bortnyk (2601) 0-1 · Titled Tue 18th Feb Early · 2025-02-18
- IM Yuliia Osmak (2425) – IM Nataliya Buksa (2414) 1-0 · Women's Speed Chess Q4 KO · 2021-06-03
- IM Zurab Javakhadze (2457) – FM Grigory Seletsky (2220) 1-0 · Titled Tue 10th Oct Early · 2023-10-10
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Highest-rated Lichess games
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Comes from
Polish Opening 1. b4
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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.