Catalan Opening: Closed, Botvinnik Variation
E071. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qd3
How it went
30
ours
· 100
masters
White wins 53%
Draws 23%
Black wins 24%
Continuations
This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.
Master games
- Kramnik, Vladimir — Baramidze, David 1/2-1/2 · 2014
- Wojtaszek, Radoslaw — Duda, J.. 1/2-1/2 · 2021
- Navara, David — Wang, Hao 1/2-1/2 · 2019
- Grischuk, Alexander — Leko, Peter 1/2-1/2 · 2009
- Sarana, Alexey — Fedoseev, Vl3 1-0 · 2017
Games in Spain
- Chigaev,M (2622) — Andreikin,D (2729) 0-1
- Santos Latasa,J (2677) — Livaic,Leon (2574) 1/2-1/2
- Santos Latasa,J (2675) — Ferreira,Jor1 (2499) 1/2-1/2
- Alonso Rosell,A (2552) — Pranav,V (2641) 1-0
- Santos Latasa,J (2635) — Mastrovasilis,A (2523) 1/2-1/2
- Chigaev,M (2631) — Makarova,Olga (1860) 1-0
- Chigaev,M (2631) — Lenderman,A (2600) 1-0
- Chigaev,M (2631) — Murzin,Volodar (2549) 1-0
This line is also written
- 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 c6 8.Qd3
- 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 g3 d5 4 Bg2 Be7 5 Nf3 O-O 6 O-O Nbd7 7 Nc3 c6 8 Qd3
- d4 Nf6 c4 e6 g3 d5 Bg2 Be7 Nf3 O-O O-O Nbd7 Nc3 c6 Qd3
- d4, Nf6, c4, e6, g3, d5, Bg2, Be7, Nf3, O-O, O-O, Nbd7, Nc3, c6, Qd3