Opening name: Polish Defence Deferred
Opening line: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b5
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Winning percentages
White: 202 (39.92%)
Black: 143 (28.26%)
Draws: 161 (31.82%)
Polish Defence Deferred
2...b5
With this move, Black prevents White from playing c4 and prepares his queen's bishop to be fianchettoed.
Engine Evaluation
Depth: 30
Score: +0.6
Best Move: e4
PV Line: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b5 3. e4 Nxe4 4. Bxb5 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nf6
Historical games for Polish Defence Deferred
| Game | Result | Year |
| Aronian, L. (2812) vs Carlsen, M. (2872) | 1/2-1/2 | 2014 |
| Giri, A. (2782) vs Mamedyarov, S. (2801) | 1/2-1/2 | 2018 |
| Xiong, Jeffery (2672) vs Nakamura, Hi (2749) | 1-0 | 2019 |
| Kamsky, G.. (2665) vs Maghsoodloo, Parham (2676) | 1/2-1/2 | 2021 |
| Karpov, Anatoly (2740) vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir (2600) | 1-0 | 1994 |
| Wang, Yue (2732) vs Ponkratov, Pavel (2592) | 1-0 | 2010 |
| Radjabov, Teimour (2673) vs Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2646) | 1/2-1/2 | 2005 |
| Navara, David (2707) vs Shabalov, Alexander (2606) | 0-1 | 2009 |
| Nihal, Sarin (2620) vs Maghsoodloo, Parham (2676) | 1-0 | 2020 |
| Ftacnik, Lubomir (2610) vs Krasenkow, Michal (2605) | 1/2-1/2 | 1996 |