Chess openings: Catalan, Closed (E07)

Catalan, Closed (E07)
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 g3 d5 4 Bg2 Be7 5 Nf3 O-O 6 O-O Nbd7

Number of games in database: 213
Years covered: 1922 to 2009
Overall record:
   White wins 39.0%
   Black wins 18.8%
   Draws 42.3%

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PRACTITIONERS

With the White Pieces

With the Black Pieces

Oleg Romanishin		10 games
Bent Larsen		6 games
Viktor Korchnoi		5 games

Boris Spassky		6 games
Bogdan Sliwa		5 games
Grigory Levenfish		3 games

NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]

White Wins

Black Wins

Larsen vs A Matanovic, 1965

Botvinnik vs Lasker, 1936

Korchnoi vs Petrosian, 1975

Psakhis vs I Miladinovic, 1994

R Wojtaszek vs Koneru, 2006

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Game Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Carls vs O Antze ½-½ 46 1922 22. DSB Kongress E07 Catalan, Closed

2. K Helling vs H Steiner 1-0 102 1930 Berlin GER E07 Catalan, Closed

3. Botvinnik vs Tylor 1-0 36 1936 Nottingham E07 Catalan, Closed

4. Botvinnik vs Lasker 1-0 21 1936 Moscow E07 Catalan, Closed

5. Ragozin vs Levenfish ½-½ 30 1936 Leningrad-ch E07 Catalan, Closed

6. Ragozin vs A Budo 1-0 41 1936 Leningrad-ch E07 Catalan, Closed

7. Menchik vs Pirc 0-1 31 1936 Podebrady E07 Catalan, Closed

8. Keres vs A Dunkelblum 1-0 55 1937 Stockholm ol (12.08.37) E07 Catalan, Closed

9. M Yudovich Sr. vs Levenfish ½-½ 30 1937 Ch URS E07 Catalan, Closed

10. M Yudovich Sr. vs V Makogonov ½-½ 26 1937 URS-ch10 E07 Catalan, Closed

11. S Rubinstein vs W Weil 0-1 57 1937 Trebitsch mem3738 E07 Catalan, Closed

12. Keres vs Bogoljubov ½-½ 41 1938 Noordwijk (01) E07 Catalan, Closed

13. Golombek vs Tylor 1-0 35 1938 Hastings E07 Catalan, Closed

14. B Levitas vs Panov ½-½ 55 1938 Trade Unions E07 Catalan, Closed

15. D Grechkin vs S Gotthilf ½-½ 26 1938 Trade Unions E07 Catalan, Closed

16. I Mazel vs D Grechkin 1-0 33 1938 Trade Unions E07 Catalan, Closed

17. Koblents vs Bogoljubov 0-1 24 1939 Kemeri (Latvia) E07 Catalan, Closed

18. Kan vs Kotov 0-1 54 1939 RUS E07 Catalan, Closed

19. D Grechkin vs Konstantinopolsky ½-½ 41 1940 URS-sf E07 Catalan, Closed

20. Ragozin vs I Rudakovsky 1-0 32 1940 URS-ch12 E07 Catalan, Closed

21. F Zita vs M Katetov 1-0 31 1942 Chocen E07 Catalan, Closed

22. Ravinsky vs Veresov ½-½ 34 1944 URS-ch13 E07 Catalan, Closed

23. Simagin vs Bondarevsky ½-½ 23 1945 Ch Moscow E07 Catalan, Closed

24. Chekhover vs Bondarevsky ½-½ 56 1945 URS-ch14 E07 Catalan, Closed

25. Eliskases vs Stahlberg ½-½ 50 1947 Buenos E07 Catalan, Closed

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