Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line

E05

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Be7

How it went

19 ours · 46 masters

White wins 42% Draws 11% Black wins 47%

Continuations

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

Master games

Miroshnichenko, Evgenij — Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 · 2006
Dubov, Daniil — Hess, Robert 1/2-1/2 · 2019
Gelfand, Boris — Adly, A... 1-0 · 2019
Khalifman, Alexander — Stefansson, Hannes 1/2-1/2 · 2004
Ilincic, Zlatko — Beliavsky, Alexander G 1/2-1/2 · 2000

Games in Spain

Makarian,Rudik (2547) — Llorente Zaro,A (2444) 1-0
Gokerkan,Cem Kaan (2470) — Tejedor Fuente,Enrique (2434) 1/2-1/2
Pfreundt,Jakob (2455) — Prieto Aranguren,A (2184) 1-0
Kaasen,Tor Fredrik (2452) — Romero Calduch,S (2258) 1-0
Mikhalsky,Vladimir (2269) — Plazuelo Pascual,Juan (2448) 0-1
Matnadze,A (2406) — Chao Vale,F (2159) 1/2-1/2
Martin Carmona,Gaston Manuel (2326) — Rojas Alarcon,J (2397) 0-1
Povshednyi,Ivan (2393) — Handiya Joseph (2079) 1-0

This line is also written

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Be7
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 g3 d5 4 Bg2 dxc4 5 Nf3 Be7
d4 Nf6 c4 e6 g3 d5 Bg2 dxc4 Nf3 Be7
d4, Nf6, c4, e6, g3, d5, Bg2, dxc4, Nf3, Be7