Catalan Opening: Closed, Main Line

E09

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2

How it went

73 ours · 189 masters

White wins 62% Draws 16% Black wins 22%

Continuations

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Catalan Opening: Closed Variation, Traditional Variation E09 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2 b6 47

Master games

Ibrahimov, R... — Tiviakov, Sergei 1/2-1/2 · 2010
Campos Moreno, Javier B. — Giorgadze, Giorgi 1/2-1/2 · 1995
Yuffa, Daniil — Yanchenko, Roman 1-0 · 2019
Stohl, Igor — Tibensky, Robert 1/2-1/2 · 2002
Kozul, Zdenko — Kovacevic, Vladimir 1/2-1/2 · 1993

Games in Spain

Valderrama Quiceno, Esteban Alb (2526) — Garcia Vazquez, Alejandro (1690) 1-0
Gagare,Shar (2467) — Padilla Lozano,Francisco Manuel (1897) 1-0
Gholami Orimi,Mahdi (2413) — Valle Luis,Leo (2250) 1-0
Povshednyi,Ivan (2378) — Arias,M (2247) 1-0
Ubilava, Elizbar (2375) — Blanco Barrios, Aitana (1893) 1-0
Perez Garcia,Alejandro (2338) — Diaz Franco,F (1911) 1-0
Chekletsov,Ilya (2338) — Gimeno Martos,R (2090) 1-0
Ladopoulos,D (2335) — Valle,Lu (2268) 1-0

This line is also written

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nbd2
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 d5 4 g3 Be7 5 Bg2 O-O 6 O-O Nbd7 7 Qc2 c6 8 Nbd2
d4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nf3 d5 g3 Be7 Bg2 O-O O-O Nbd7 Qc2 c6 Nbd2
d4, Nf6, c4, e6, Nf3, d5, g3, Be7, Bg2, O-O, O-O, Nbd7, Qc2, c6, Nbd2