Catalan Opening

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Overview

Catalan Opening is a variation within the Indian Defenses family, indexed as ECO E00.

The Indian Defenses group covers Indian defences — hypermodern lines where Black challenges the centre with pieces rather than pawns.

It begins with 6 plies and takes 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 to reach the canonical position.

It is a direct variation of Catalan Opening.

It continues primarily into one named line, Closed.

Together the deeper variations number 17 across the full subtree.

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ECO code: E00
Group: Indian Defenses (E)
Plies: 6
Parent: Catalan Opening
Direct variations: 1
Total in subtree: 17

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Statistics from Lichess

1,257,686 games · White 51.4% / Draw 6.9% / Black 41.7%

Moves	Games	W / D / B
Bg2	914,843
Nf3	280,046
cxd5	29,366
Nc3	14,891
c5	5,476
e3	3,491
Bg5	2,369
Nd2	2,140

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:30:46

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Variations (1)

E01 Closed

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