ECO E09: Catalan Opening
ECO E09 is part of volume E — Indian Defenses.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 6 named lines under it.
The shortest is Catalan Opening: Closed, Main Line:
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.
That position has come up in 260,514 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 56.6%, 7.8% were drawn and Black won 35.7%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| Catalan Opening: Closed, Main Line | 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 |
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| Catalan Opening: Closed Variation, Rabinovich Variation | 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 e6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O b5 |
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| Catalan Opening: Closed Variation, Traditional Variation | 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 |
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| Catalan Opening: Closed, Main Line | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. e4 Nbd7 |
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| Catalan Opening: Closed, Sokolsky Variation | 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 |
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| Catalan Opening: Closed, Main Line | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 |
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