Polish Opening: Outflank Variation

1. b4 c6

Polish Opening: Outflank Variation after 1. b4 c6 87654321abcdefgh

The Polish Opening: Outflank Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. b4 c6. It is a line of the Polish Opening. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2,384 times by this move order. White won 51%, 4% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 2. Bb2 (83% of games).

Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. c4 Bg4)

ECO
A00
Moves
2 plies
FEN
rnbqkbnr/pp1ppppp/2p5/8/1P6/8/P1PPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 2
PGN
1. b4 c6

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Results by rating

Average ratingGamesWhite / draw / Black
0-149973952%44%
1500-19991,36250%46%
2000+28351%43%
All2,38451%45%

Most played moves

MoveGamesWhite / draw / Black
2. Bb21,973 (83%)50%45%
2. c4118 (5%)52%43%
2. e365 (3%)62%38%
2. a461 (3%)43%13%44%
2. a340 (2%)53%38%
2. e422 (1%)64%36%
2. c321 (1%)57%38%
2. Nf321 (1%)52%38%

Master games

244 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 38%, draw 16%, Black 46%). The strongest:

Search all games of the Polish Opening: Outflank Variation and its sub-variations

Highest-rated Lichess games

Comes from

Polish Opening 1. b4

Continuations

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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.