Polish Opening

Originally posted by cmsMaster
IDK, just to look cool.

Check out the user Marek Troken who used 1.b4 in almost all of his games as white.

Originally posted by rubberjaw30
wow
i was about to use an opening in a rated tournament based on an internet buddy recommending it b/c it "looked cool"
i reiterate: wow

U.S. Masters 2007
2007-03-00
White: Pohl, Klaus
Black: Dana, Maurice


1.b4 e5 2.a3 a5 3.b5 Bc5 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.e3 Qe7 6.Nf3 d6 7.Be2 Bb6 8.c4 Bg4 9.Nc3 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Na4 Ba7 12.Nh4 Be6 13.Nf3 Bg4 14.Rc1 e4 15.Nd4 Ne5 16.b6 and here is where the stupid thing ends, even though the game goes on to move 51 til 1-0

check it out though on uschess.org under "Ehlvest Takes US Masters"

So yes, people do still play this opening