Polish Opening: Wolferts Gambit
1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 c5
The Polish Opening: Wolferts Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 c5. It is a line of the Polish Opening. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 27 times by this move order. White won 67%, 3% were drawn and Black won 30%. The most popular continuation is 3. bxc5 (63% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.19 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 3. a3 Qc7 4. bxc5 Bxc5 5. e3 Nf6)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 4 plies
- FEN
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1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 c5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 16 | |
| 1500-1999 | 10 | |
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 27 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3. bxc5 | 17 (63%) | |
| 3. b5 | 4 (15%) | |
| 3. Bxe5 | 4 (15%) | |
| 3. Bc3 | 1 (4%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Samokl13 (2395) – Ruppinho (2433) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- sallmani (1978) – ali1956 (1976) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 300 + 3s
- kingpcservice (1833) – MuXomor (1822) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Polish Opening 1. b4
More Polish Opening lines (all)
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- 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
- Polish Opening: King's Indian Variation, Sokolsky 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.