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Catalan
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M Umansky vs The World, 2009 
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

Kramnik vs J Werle, 2008  
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 38 moves, 1-0

4...Bb4+
O Iljushina vs N Pogonina, 2010 
(A13) English, 63 moves, 0-1

4...Bb4+ 5.Nbd2
Alburt vs L Christiansen, 1990
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 65 moves, 1-0

4...Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6
Wojtaszek vs Fridman, 2010
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

open
Aronian vs Kramnik, 2010 
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 71 moves, 0-1

World-Pogo, 156
Ponomariov vs Kramnik, 2010 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0

4..Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 dxc4
M Umansky vs O Rause, 2003 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 1-0

4..Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7
Kramnik vs Topalov, 2005 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1-0

...Bb4+, Bd2Be7
Caruana vs P H Nielsen, 2010 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 1-0

...Bb4+, Bd2Be7
H Wang vs Aronian, 2010 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 0-1

WC match
Anand vs Topalov, 2010 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2

4..Bb4+ 5.Bd2 a5
A Yusupov vs Salov, 1988 
(A13) English, 42 moves, 1-0

3..Bb4+, then Closed Cat
Polugaevsky vs Korchnoi, 1977 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0

..Bb4+, Bd2 Be7, then Closed
A Yusupov vs A V Kharitonov, 1988 
(A13) English, 59 moves, 1-0

...Bb4+ with Closed
J L Hammer vs Adams, 2009
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2

Closed, with ...Bb4+
Mamedyarov vs E Alekseev, 2010 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0

A Closed
P Nikolic vs P Koehn, 1999
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

...Bb4+, ...c6, then ..dxc4 gambit
Navara vs Eljanov, 2009
(A13) English, 36 moves, 0-1

..Bb4+ and Closed
L'Ami vs B Lalith, 2009
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 29 moves, 1-0

..Bb4+ and Closed
Korchnoi vs M Gurevich, 1995
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 53 moves, 1-0

..Bb4+ with Closed
Shulman vs The World, 2007 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 46 moves, 0-1

...Bb4+, Closed, ...dxc4
Gelfand vs Ivanchuk, 2010 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2

...Bb4+ and Closed
Z Ilincic vs Hracek, 2001
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 1-0

...Bb4+ Closed ...Nxf4
Tolush vs Averbakh, 1950 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 1-0

..Bb4+ Closed
Gelfand vs G Vescovi, 2010 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0

Black response: main line 0-1
R Akesson vs R Leitao, 2000 
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 53 moves, 0-1

start with 8.a4, the main move
A Beliavsky vs C Lutz, 2001 
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 70 moves, 0-1

completing dev at mv21 (vs 14)
V Akopian vs Kramnik, 2002 
(A14) English, 26 moves, 0-1

Don't need ...a5 ? Can allow a4-a5 ?
S Novikov vs Y Hou, 2010 
(A14) English, 42 moves, 0-1

...NxBf4
Gelfand vs Karjakin, 2011 
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 59 moves, 0-1

Attacking q-side weaknesses
Aronian vs Karjakin, 2013 
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 42 moves, 0-1

...xf4, exploiting weaknesses on both flanks
Eljanov vs Kramnik, 2017 
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 63 moves, 0-1

q-side
J L Hammer vs N Sarin, 2018 
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 69 moves, 0-1

Slav-ish
Shankland vs So, 2022 
(E05) Catalan, Open, Classical line, 54 moves, 0-1

8.a4Bd7 9.Rd1
Xiong vs So, 2017 
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 31 moves, 0-1

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Giri vs Caruana, 2023 
(A14) English, 33 moves, 0-1

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