Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Modern Sharp Variation

E04

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+

How it went

39 ours · 522 masters

White wins 42% Draws 18% Black wins 40%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Kasparov, Garry — Adams, Michael 1/2-1/2 · 2001
So, Wesley — Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 · 2018
Wojtaszek, Radoslaw — Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 · 2018
Kramnik, Vladimir — Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2-1/2 · 2011
Anand, Viswanathan — Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 · 2010

Games in Spain

Alonso Rosell,A (2565) — Bluebaum,M (2642) 0-1
Yuffa,D (2594) — Boruchovsky,A (2541) 0-1
Yuffa,D (2587) — Savchenko,B (2538) 0-1
Alonso Rosell,A (2570) — Aditya,Mittal (2551) 1-0
Yuffa,D (2566) — Lianes Garcia,Marcos (2374) 1-0
Alonso Rosell,A (2562) — Ambartsumova,K (2406) 0-1
Alonso Rosell,A (2561) — Aleksandrov,A (2495) 1-0
Alonso Rosell,A (2536) — Masague Artero,Guerau (2326) 1-0

This line is also written

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bb4+
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 g3 d5 4 Bg2 dxc4 5 Nf3 Nc6 6 Qa4 Bb4+
d4 Nf6 c4 e6 g3 d5 Bg2 dxc4 Nf3 Nc6 Qa4 Bb4+
d4, Nf6, c4, e6, g3, d5, Bg2, dxc4, Nf3, Nc6, Qa4, Bb4+