Polish Defense: Spassky Gambit Accepted

Polish Defense: Spassky Gambit Accepted is a chess opening with the ECO code A40, part of the Polish Defense family. It goes 1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bxb5. White opens with 1. d4 (the queen's pawn) and Black answers 1... b5. After 5 moves it is Black to move. After the last move White is a pawn ahead in material. The lesson on the board explains every move of the line and lets you play it yourself; it is free.

The moves

• 1. d4 – White plays the pawn to d4
• 1... b5 – Black plays the pawn to b5
• 2. e4 – White plays the pawn to e4
• 2... Bb7 – Black plays the bishop to b7
• 3. Bxb5 – White takes on b5 with the bishop

Related openings

• It extends: Polish Defense (1. d4 b5)

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