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Catalan Opening · Black

Catalan 4...Bb4+, Ne5 Main Line · Black (E08)

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Catalan Opening · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO E04–E08

Sample line with full explanations: Closed Catalan, h6 Main Structure · White.

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ECO E02–E08

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  1. Catalan 4...Bb4+, Ne5 Main Line · BlackSample

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rd1 h6 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Nc3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. e3 g5 15. h3 gxf4 16. hxg4 fxe3

  2. Catalan 4...Bb4+, Nc3 Main Line · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rd1 h6 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. e4 a4 14. a3 Bd7 15. Re1 Qc8 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. h3 c5

  3. Catalan 8.Bf4, Active Queenside Play · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Qc2 a5 10. Rd1 Nh5 11. Bc1 b5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Rb8

  4. Catalan 8.b3, Maghsoodloo Setup · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bc3 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. e4 dxe4

  5. Catalan 8.Nc3, Queenside Space · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Nc3 a5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rfd1 b6 11. e4 Ba6

  6. Catalan Main Line, 10...a4 · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rd1 a4 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. Nd2 Nb6

  7. Catalan 10.h4, Challenging the Bishop · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 a5 10. h4 Nh5 11. Be3 Nhf6 12. Nc3 b6

  8. Catalan 5.Nbd2, Holding c4 · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. a3 Be7 8. a4 c6 9. axb5 cxb5 10. Ne5 Nd5

  9. Catalan 5.Nbd2 and 6.a3 · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 O-O 8. Bg2 Bd7 9. O-O Bc6 10. Qc2 Be4

  10. Catalan 5.Nbd2 and 6.Qc2 · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Qc2 b5 7. a4 c6 8. b3 cxb3 9. Qxb3 a5 10. Bg2 O-O

  11. Catalan 5.Nc3, Timely ...Nxd4 · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. Qa4 Nxd4

  12. Catalan Main Line, Punishing Premature e5 · Black

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 a5 10. Rd1 h6 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. e4 a4 14. a3 Bd7 15. Nf3 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. e5 Nh5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Qc7