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Polish Opening: Rooks Swap Line

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Overview

Polish Opening: Rooks Swap Line is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A00.

The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.

Play reaches this position via 1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. b5 a6 4. a4 axb5 5. axb5 Rxa1 6. Bxa1, after 11 plies of opening development.

It is a variation of Polish Opening: Queenside Defense, which itself descends from the root opening Polish Opening.

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ECO code
A00
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
11
Parent
Polish Opening: Queenside Defense

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