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Catalan, Closed (E09)
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 g3 d5 4 Bg2 Be7 5 Nf3 O-O 6 O-O Nbd7
7 Qc2 c6 8 Nbd2

Number of games in database: 262
Years covered: 1931 to 2009
Overall record:
   White wins 41.2%
   Black wins 16.4%
   Draws 42.4%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Utut Adianto  5 games
Vasily Smyslov  3 games
Miguel A Quinteros  3 games
Nikolay Minev  5 games
Lincoln Lucena  3 games
Artur Yusupov  3 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Shirov vs S Azarov, 2007
Bondarevsky vs Lisitsin, 1940
Kasparov vs A Huss, 1987
Quinteros vs I Radulov, 1970
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 page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 262  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Alatortsev vs N Sorokin  1-023 1931 URS-ch07E09 Catalan, Closed
2. M Luckis vs A Voisin  1-055 1933 OlympiadE09 Catalan, Closed
3. Flohr vs Ragozin  ½-½31 1937 SemmeringE09 Catalan, Closed
4. Botvinnik vs I Rabinovich 0-134 1938 1/2 finalE09 Catalan, Closed
5. N Kopaev vs B Levitas  1-0105 1938 Trade UnionsE09 Catalan, Closed
6. Flohr vs V Makogonov  ½-½21 1939 Leningrad/MoscowE09 Catalan, Closed
7. Bondarevsky vs Lisitsin 1-025 1940 MoscowE09 Catalan, Closed
8. Eliskases vs V Winz  1-041 1941 MargateE09 Catalan, Closed
9. Opocensky vs B Nielsen  ½-½42 1941 Munich GERE09 Catalan, Closed
10. Sajtar vs M Dietze 1-042 1943 PragueE09 Catalan, Closed
11. Lokvenc vs J Fichtl  ½-½55 1943 PragueE09 Catalan, Closed
12. Sajtar vs Bondarevsky  ½-½48 1946 Moscow-PragueE09 Catalan, Closed
13. Pachman vs Kotov  ½-½41 1947 Moscow-chE09 Catalan, Closed
14. V Mikenas vs V G Kirillov  1-034 1947 1/2 finalE09 Catalan, Closed
15. Ragozin vs Chistiakov  0-144 1947 Ch MoscowE09 Catalan, Closed
16. K Klaman vs Bondarevsky  1-056 1947 USSR ChampionshipE09 Catalan, Closed
17. Novotelnov vs Sokolsky  ½-½21 1947 Chigorin memE09 Catalan, Closed
18. Shainswit vs L Garcia Balado  ½-½25 1947 La Plata-New York radio mE09 Catalan, Closed
19. Stoltz vs Gligoric  ½-½46 1948 Saltsjobaden iztE09 Catalan, Closed
20. G Barcza vs Gligoric  ½-½28 1948 BudapestE09 Catalan, Closed
21. Pirc vs E Richter  ½-½55 1948 Karlovy VaryE09 Catalan, Closed
22. Taimanov vs Sokolsky  1-040 1949 MoscowE09 Catalan, Closed
23. G Barcza vs E Paoli  1-047 1949 VeniceE09 Catalan, Closed
24. G Kluger vs A Vajda  ½-½23 1950 HUN-ch 06thE09 Catalan, Closed
25. S Szabo vs O Troianescu  ½-½21 1951 SopotE09 Catalan, Closed
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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-25-07   WTHarvey: Here are some combinations from E09 miniatures: http://www.wtharvey.com/e09.html
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