St. George Defense: Polish Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO B00), reached after 8 half-moves: 1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6.

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About this opening

St. George Defense: Polish Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code B00. ECO group B (B00–B99) covers semi-open games (1.e4 with Black playing anything other than 1…e5), with the Sicilian, French, Caro-Kann and Pirc/Modern at its heart. This particular variation is reached after 8 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6.

It belongs to the St. George Defense family. Within that family this is a sub-variation (the Polish Variation line).

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 a6, 2.d4 b5, 3.Nf3 Bb7, 4.Bd3 e6. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.