Blunderbase

Catalan Opening

The Catalan Opening starts 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3. The opening book names 14 variations of it, under ECO E00 to E09.

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All 14 Catalan Opening variations

  • E00Hungarian Gambit1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 e5
  • E01Open Defense1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 (also reached by 4 other move orders)
  • E01Tarrasch Defense1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6
  • E03Open Defense, Alekhine Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2
  • E04Open Defense, Modern Sharp Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+
  • E05Open Defense, Classical Line1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Be7 (also reached by 1 other move order)
  • E06Closed1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 (also reached by 9 other move orders)
  • E07Closed, Botvinnik Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qd3
  • E08Closed, Spassky Gambit1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. b3 b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Nc3 b5
  • E08Closed, Zagoryansky Variation1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1 b6 9. a4
  • E09Closed Variation, Rabinovich Variation1. 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
  • E09Closed Variation, Traditional Variation1. 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
  • E09Closed, Main Line1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2 (also reached by 2 other move orders)
  • E09Closed, Sokolsky Variation1. 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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