Polish Opening: Myers Variation
1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 c6 3. a4
The Polish Opening: Myers Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 c6 3. a4. 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 36 times by this move order. White won 39%, 5% were drawn and Black won 56%. The most popular continuation is 3… Nf6 (25% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.22 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 3… Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. b5 e6 6. d3)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 c6 3. a4
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 4 | |
| 1500-1999 | 28 | |
| 2000+ | 4 | |
| All | 36 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… Nf6 | 9 (25%) | |
| 3… Bf5 | 7 (19%) | |
| 3… e6 | 4 (11%) | |
| 3… Nd7 | 4 (11%) | |
| 3… f6 | 4 (11%) | |
| 3… a6 | 4 (11%) | |
| 3… a5 | 2 (6%) | |
| 3… Qb6 | 1 (3%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- IM calito1969 (2497) – ivkrit (2398) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- B_A_B1988 (2277) – Ismeti10 (1930) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- AnilDhotre2026 (1801) – DomarovskiyVB1984 (2237) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Polish Opening, with d5 (1. b4 d5) 1. b4 d5
More Polish Opening lines (all)
- Polish Opening A00
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- Polish Opening: Birmingham Gambit A00
- Polish Opening: Bugayev Advance Variation A00
- Polish Opening: Bugayev Attack A00
- Polish Opening: Czech Defense A00
- Polish Opening: Dutch Defense A00
- Polish Opening: German Defense A00
- Polish Opening: Grigorian Variation A00
- Polish Opening: Karniewski Variation A00
- Polish Opening: King's Indian Variation A00
- Polish Opening: King's Indian Variation, Schiffler Attack 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.