page 1 of 29; games 1-25 of 720  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Carls vs Saemisch   1-0 92 1920 Goteborg B E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 2. Ragozin vs Ilyin-Zhenevsky   1-0 33 1937 URS-ch10 E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 3. Ragozin vs Riumin   1-0 33 1938 Moscow 4m E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 4. Flohr vs Szabo   1-0 39 1939 Kemeri (Latvia) E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 5. V Petrov vs E Eliskases   ½-½ 30 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 6. K Richter vs I V Rohacek   1-0 40 1942 Munich E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 7. Sajtar vs Hromadka   0-1 30 1943 Zlin E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 8. Shainswit vs J Levin   1-0 50 1943 Ventnor City E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 9. Simagin vs I Aramanovich 1-0 70 1945 Ch Moscow E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 10. Smyslov vs Verlinsky 1-0 42 1945 12, Moscow-ch ;HCL 43 E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 11. A Poliak vs Verlinsky   1-0 53 1945 Moscow-ch E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 12. Sajtar vs Kotov 0-1 62 1946 RUS E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 13. E Walther vs Wade   ½-½ 25 1949 OLdenburg E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 14. Tolush vs Alatortsev   1-0 43 1950 USSR Championship E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 15. C H Maderna vs P Martin   1-0 41 1950 Mar del Plata E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 16. G Barcza vs J A Fred   1-0 73 1951 Marianske Lazne - Praha E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 17. Julio Bolbochan vs V Toth   ½-½ 24 1952 Rio de Janeiro it E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 18. Filip vs M Weiner   1-0 57 1954 CSR-ch E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 19. Larsen vs J Stupica   ½-½ 68 1955 Zagreb-B E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 20. Filip vs Pilnik   0-1 31 1956 Marianske Lazne/Praha E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 21. V Borsony vs Schmid   0-1 37 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 22. B Tot vs B Djurasevic   ½-½ 59 1956 YUG-ch E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 23. P Martin vs J Kostro   1-0 48 1958 13th olm final B E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 24. G Primavera vs Y Safvat   1-0 41 1958 13th olm final C E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line 25. Golombek vs M Gabriel   1-0 63 1958 13th olm qual. group 3 E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line  page 1 of 29; games 1-25 of 720    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Aug-22-05    Gantastic: Amusing how the Opening Explorer contains over a hundred "examples" of the line: 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Qc2 Be4 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. Qc2 Be4 15. Qc1 Bb7 16. Qc2 Be4 17. Qc1 Bb7 18. Qc2 Be4 19. Qc1 Bb7 20. Qc2 Caused by OE's inclusion of transpositions, but amusing nonetheless, particularly because Qc2/Be4/Qc1/Bb7 are in each case the most common move for their respective positiions. Apr-17-06    WTHarvey: Here are 20 traps and zaps in E05 Catalan Miniatures: http://www.wtharvey.com/e05.html What's the best move? Jul-09-08    Cactus: <WTHarvey> You've managed to advertise your site on almost every ECO site. Jan-10-09    Cactus: Looking back, I apologise. By the way, do you make the puzzles yourself? Nov-18-10    rapidcitychess: Can anyone give a good summary of the open Catalan? I've been playing it for a month or two, but only by ear.

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