ECO E05: Catalan Opening: Open Defense
ECO E05 is part of volume E, Indian Defenses.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 2 named lines under it.
The shortest is Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Be7.
All of them are lines of the
Catalan Opening: Open Defense.
The most played is
Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line,
reached in 701,365 rated Lichess games.
That position has come up in 118,726 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 54.4%, 6.2% were drawn and Black won 39.3%.
| Opening | Moves | Games | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Be7 |
119K | 5 moves |
| Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 |
701K | 6 moves |