Polish Opening: King's Indian Variation, Sokolsky Attack
1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d4
The Polish Opening: King's Indian Variation, Sokolsky Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d4. It is a line of the Polish Opening. Black is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 6… e5 7. a3 c5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
rnbq1rk1/ppp1ppbp/3p1np1/8/1PPP4/4PN2/PB3PPP/RN1QKB1R b KQ - 0 6- PGN
1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d4
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Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 100%, draw 0%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- CM Benoit Teillet (2218) – WIM Simona Limontaite (2174) 1-0 · Titled Tue 6th Feb Early · 2024-02-06
Comes from
Polish Opening: King's Indian Variation 1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6
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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.