Polish Opening: King's Indian Variation, Schiffler Attack
1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4
The Polish Opening: King's Indian Variation, Schiffler Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4. 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 113 times by this move order. White won 42%, 6% were drawn and Black won 52%. The most popular continuation is 3… Bg7 (64% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.39 (Stockfish, depth 31; best line 3… Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. d3 Na6 6. c3)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 22 | |
| 1500-1999 | 80 | |
| 2000+ | 11 | |
| All | 113 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… Bg7 | 72 (64%) | |
| 3… d6 | 38 (34%) | |
| 3… Nxe4 | 1 (1%) | |
| 3… e5 | 1 (1%) | |
| 3… e6 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
19 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 53%, draw 5%, Black 42%). The strongest:
- GM Alireza Firouzja (2737) – IM Nitish Belurkar (2434) 1-0 · Titled Tue 25th Jun Early · 2024-06-25
- GM Pa Iniyan (2513) – GM Kaiqi Yang (2481) 1-0 · Titled Tue 31st Dec Early · 2024-12-31
- GM Vojtech Plat (2548) – FM Jachym Nemec (2402) 1-0 · 20th Marienbad GMA1 2022 · 2022-01-18
- GM Pa Iniyan (2513) – IM Tatjana Vasilevich (2293) 0-1 · Titled Tue 10th Dec Early · 2024-12-10
- GM Pa Iniyan (2513) – FM Ernur Amangeldy (2157) 1-0 · Titled Tue 10th Dec Early · 2024-12-10
Highest-rated Lichess games
- BEPCTAK (2109) – vivaelmadrid (2383) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- zugauyah2020 (2154) – wanderameise (2311) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 300 + 0s
- Eyes-0pen (2264) – AAA100282 (2152) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Polish Opening: King's Indian Variation 1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6
More Polish Opening lines (all)
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- Polish Opening: Bugayev Attack A00
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- Polish Opening: German Defense A00
- Polish Opening: Grigorian Variation A00
- Polish Opening: Karniewski Variation A00
- Polish Opening: King's Indian Variation, Sokolsky Attack A00
- Polish Opening: Myers Variation A00
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.