Catalan Opening: Closed

E08

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2

How it went

77 ours · 476 masters

White wins 40% Draws 29% Black wins 31%

Continuations

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Catalan Opening: Closed, Sokolsky Variation E09 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2 b6 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Ba6

Master games

Matlakov, Maxim — Gaifullin, Artur 1-0 · 2017
Bacrot, Etienne — Riff, Jean-Noel 1-0 · 2007
Yakubboev, Nodirbek — Maghsoodloo, Parham 1-0 · 2021
Gelfand, Boris — Bologan, Victor 1-0 · 2018
Korchnoi, Viktor — Rubinetti, Jorge 1-0 · 1979

Games in Spain

Yuffa,D (2657) — Bellahcene,B (2511) 0-1
Fressinet,L (2588) — Pichot,A (2637) 1/2-1/2
Iturrizaga Bonelli,Eduardo (2637) — Peng,Li Min (2549) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2631) — Pourkashiyan,A (2322) 1-0
Csonka,B (2469) — Santos Latasa,J (2620) 1/2-1/2
Chacon Salinas,Cesar (2167) — Pichot,A (2617) 0-1
Shirov,A (2610) — Slipak,S (2374) 1/2-1/2
Boruchovsky,A (2513) — Pichot,A (2587) 1/2-1/2

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.Qc2
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 g3 d5 4 Bg2 Be7 5 Nf3 O-O 6 O-O Nbd7 7 Qc2
d4 Nf6 c4 e6 g3 d5 Bg2 Be7 Nf3 O-O O-O Nbd7 Qc2
d4, Nf6, c4, e6, g3, d5, Bg2, Be7, Nf3, O-O, O-O, Nbd7, Qc2