Schuehler Gambit
- 1.b4c6
- 2.Bb2a5
- 3.b5cxb5
- 4.e4
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A gambit line of the Polish Opening's Outflank Variation in which White gives up the b-pawn and then claims the center with 4. e4.
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The Schuehler Gambit arises from the Outflank Variation, 1. b4 c6, after 2. Bb2 a5 3. b5 cxb5 4. e4. Black's 2...a5 challenges the b4-pawn. Rather than defend it, White advances and lets it be taken, then occupies the center with 4. e4. Black is a pawn up but has doubled b-pawns. White, left with an isolated a-pawn, looks for compensation in central control, quicker development and the b2-bishop's long diagonal.
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