98_E01-E09_ _ _ C A T A L A N (Catalan studies)

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98_E01-E09_ _ _ C A T A L A N (Catalan studies)
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The Catalan is a chess opening where White adopts a combination of the Queen's Gambit and Réti Opening: White plays d4 and c4 and fianchettoes the white bishop on g2. A common opening sequence is 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3, although the opening can arise from a large number of move orders (see transposition). ECO codes E01–E09 are for lines with 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2, and others are part of E00.

Black has two main approaches to choose between: in the Open Catalan he plays ...dxc4 and can either try to hold on to the pawn with ...b5 or give it back for extra time to free his game. In the Closed Catalan, Black does not capture on c4; his game can be somewhat cramped for a while, but is quite solid.

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The <Open Catalan, Classical line> begins <1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3>.

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Opening Explorer (2,489 games) White trades the pawn for a lead in development. Without the d5 pawn, White's kingside bishop hinders Black's queenside development. The Open Catalan line here has been a favorite of Anatoly Karpov and Efim Geller as Black and Oleg Romanishin with the white pieces. Usually, white will recover the pawn with Qc2 and a4, Ne5, or Qa4. In order to hold the pawn, Black will have to seriously weaken the queenside with ...a6 and ...b5. The ECO code is E05.

Wikipedia article: Catalan Opening

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The Catalan opening is an opening sequence which generally begins with <1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dc4 5.Nf3!>. This opening is a mixture of Queens Gambit and Reti opening. This opening wasn't popular among the top players in many years. But gradually this opening theory gets healthy and new ideas are discovered.With its use by <Vladimir Kramnik>, Catalan has gained sufficient attention.Also <Levon Aronian ,Boris Gelfand> are the renowned practitioner of this line. There is a tendency for games with the Catalan Opening to produce endgames in which white can gain slight advantage. <GM Ulf Andersson> was one of the artist who employed this variation and gained great result. https://www.chess.com/blog/ReasatNa...

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. Qd2 Rb8

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Opening Explorer (15 games)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Nc3 a6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxc4

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Opening Explorer (40 games)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. a3 b5 10. Qxb5 Nc2+ 11. Kd2 Nxa1 12. Qxc6+ Bd7 13. Qxc4

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Opening Explorer (19 games)

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Game Collection: catalan ;

Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 75 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Naiditsch, 2007
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 47 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Kramnik, 1999
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2007
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kramnik vs Leko, 2007
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 39 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Leko, 2007
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 62 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Anand, 2007
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 53 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kramnik vs Morozevich, 2007
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 27 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2007
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 30 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Svidler, 1998
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 29 moves, 1-0
E Paehtz vs S Papp, 2013
(E09) Catalan, Closed, 22 moves, 1-0
G Meier vs S Spiegel, 2013
(E09) Catalan, Closed, 43 moves, 1-0
Fridman vs M Drasko, 2012
(E09) Catalan, Closed, 29 moves, 1-0
M Umansky vs S Webb, 1995
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 43 moves, 1-0
M Umansky vs G Sanakoev, 1995
(E05) Catalan, Open, Classical line, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Umansky vs J Franzen, 1995
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Umansky vs H Rittner, 2001
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 60 moves, 1-0
M Umansky vs T Harding, 2003
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 41 moves, 1-0
M Umansky vs P Zeihen, 2003
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 22 moves, 1-0
M Umansky vs V Palciauskas, 2001
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Umansky vs H J Boschek, 2003
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Umansky vs J van Oosterom, 2003
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Umansky vs H Bouwmeester, 2006
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 43 moves, 1-0
M Umansky vs J Verleur, 2006
(E09) Catalan, Closed, 40 moves, 1-0
M Umansky vs T Hamarat, 2004
(E05) Catalan, Open, Classical line, 67 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Umansky vs N Y Ernazarov, 2004
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 37 moves, 1-0
M Umansky vs D Gutsche, 2004
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
Razuvaev vs Lputian, 1979
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 35 moves, 1-0
M Matlakov vs V Sanal, 2015
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 54 moves, 1-0
M Matlakov vs T Sanikidze, 2015
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 61 moves, 1-0
M Matlakov vs G Ginsburg, 2015
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 27 moves, 1-0
G Sargissian vs K Asrian, 1999
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2
Alekhine vs B Rabar, 1942
(E02) Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4, 27 moves, 1-0
Alatortsev vs V Goglidze, 1939
(E02) Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4, 44 moves, 1-0
V Gunina vs O Girya, 2015
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 37 moves, 1-0
Giri vs Morozevich, 2012
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 25 moves, 1-0
Ribli vs Korchnoi, 1981
(A13) English, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
Tal vs A Sokolov, 1988
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 41 moves, 1-0
M Mchedlishvili vs R Sangma, 2014
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 38 moves, 0-1
Eljanov vs Giri, 2016
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
Gelfand vs Adams, 2012
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 40 moves, 1-0
Gelfand vs Adams, 2006
(E09) Catalan, Closed, 39 moves, 1-0
Gelfand vs C Bauer, 2003
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 42 moves, 1-0
L I Filip vs D Howell, 2012
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 58 moves, 0-1
B Lalic vs L Trent, 2008
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 23 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992
(E07) Catalan, Closed, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
Fischer vs A Di Camillo, 1958
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 69 moves, 1-0
Tolush vs O Moiseev, 1949
(E07) Catalan, Closed, 32 moves, 0-1
Tolush vs I Kan, 1951
(E07) Catalan, Closed, 70 moves, 0-1
Smyslov vs Keres, 1948
(E02) Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4, 57 moves, 0-1
C Li vs Fressinet, 2016
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0
Korchnoi vs J Rubinetti, 1979
(E08) Catalan, Closed, 66 moves, 1-0
Korchnoi vs S Schweber, 1979
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 78 moves, 1-0
G Meier vs Kramnik, 2013
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 38 moves, 0-1
Gelfand vs S Lu, 2016
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 46 moves, 1-0
Giri vs Topalov, 2016
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
Stein vs Lengyel, 1971
(E08) Catalan, Closed, 19 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2007
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2010
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 38 moves, 0-1
Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2011
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 80 moves, 0-1
Gelfand vs Svidler, 2001
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 129 moves, 1/2-1/2
Tal vs A Donchenko, 1972
(E08) Catalan, Closed, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
Korchnoi vs Petrosian, 1971
(E02) Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
Petrosian vs A Khasin, 1957
(E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 33 moves, 1-0
J Carlstedt vs S Walter, 2016
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 50 moves, 0-1
T Banusz vs P H Nielsen, 2015
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Keres vs J Gudmundsson, 1937
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 25 moves, 1-0
Z Kozul vs N Grandelius, 2016
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Ipatov vs H Stefansson, 2016
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 34 moves, 1-0
Geller vs D Ciric, 1961
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 43 moves, 1-0
Ribli vs Karpov, 1980
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 55 moves, 1-0
Korchnoi vs Vaganian, 1985
(A14) English, 49 moves, 0-1
Lengyel vs Karpov, 1971
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 41 moves, 0-1
Wei Yi vs Nakamura, 2016
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Wei Yi vs So, 2016
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Giri vs Karjakin, 2016
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
H Wang vs Y Hou, 2016
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 26 moves, 0-1
Kramnik vs Anand, 1999
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 2000
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kramnik vs Gelfand, 2001
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 60 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Deep Fritz, 2006
(E03) Catalan, Open, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kramnik vs Naiditsch, 2006
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kramnik vs Deep Fritz, 2006
(E03) Catalan, Open, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
Giri vs Kramnik, 2015
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 80 moves, 1/2-1/2
Korchnoi vs Pelletier, 2002
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kramnik vs Naiditsch, 2010
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 51 moves, 1-0
S Dharia Parnali vs E Kakulidis, 2016
(E09) Catalan, Closed, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
D Saduakassova vs D Wagner, 2016
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kasparov vs Korchnoi, 1983
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kasparov vs Korchnoi, 1983
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 46 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs Korchnoi, 1983
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 30 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1984
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1984
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
L Javakhishvili vs X Zhao, 2016
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 46 moves, 0-1
G Ravinsky vs Smyslov, 1944
(E02) Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4, 40 moves, 0-1
Flohr vs Fine, 1938
(E02) Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
Y Wang vs Carlsen, 2009
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 53 moves, 0-1
E Postny vs O Husbands, 2016
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 33 moves, 1-0
A Elarabi vs O Husbands, 2016
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 24 moves, 1-0
G Nesis vs C Blocker, 1984
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 50 moves, 1-0
Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2016
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Deep Fritz vs Junior, 2001
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2
A S Rasmussen vs V Dragnev, 2015
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 23 moves, 1-0
A Gupta vs H Ni, 2016
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Marin vs S Dharia Parnali, 2016
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Gupta vs D Daulyte-Cornette, 2016
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 42 moves, 1-0
M Marin vs T Sachdev, 2016
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
Yusupov vs A Sokolov, 1988
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 41 moves, 1-0
Yusupov vs A Sokolov, 1989
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 39 moves, 1-0
Anand vs Topalov, 2010
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 32 moves, 1-0
Keene vs Robatsch, 1971
(E08) Catalan, Closed, 27 moves, 1-0
Romanishin vs Lenderman, 2016
(A14) English, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1983
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Carlsen vs B Leer-Salvesen, 2006
(E09) Catalan, Closed, 31 moves, 1-0
Bogoljubov vs Eliskases, 1939
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 0-1
K Richter vs I V Rohacek, 1942
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0
Keres vs E E Book, 1937
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0
Keres vs Levenfish, 1947
(E08) Catalan, Closed, 30 moves, 1-0
Ra1 sac: 12.exd5
Balashov vs Beliavsky, 1986
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 31 moves, 1-0
Korchnoi vs Levenfish, 1953
(E07) Catalan, Closed, 26 moves, 0-1
Beliavsky vs L Christiansen, 1987
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Andersson vs S Ivanov, 2000
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 58 moves, 1-0
J Sajtar vs Kotov, 1946
(E05) Catalan, Open, Classical line, 62 moves, 0-1
V Gunina vs L Javakhishvili, 2016
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 47 moves, 1-0
Gelfand vs Aronian, 2003
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 30 moves, 1-0
Aronian vs Portisch, 2005
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 33 moves, 1-0
Gelfand vs Aronian, 2007
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 23 moves, 1-0
Shirov vs Landa, 2009
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 31 moves, 1-0
A Huzman vs Zilberman, 2008
(E09) Catalan, Closed, 29 moves, 1-0
Shirov vs S Azarov, 2007
(E09) Catalan, Closed, 54 moves, 1-0
E Blomqvist vs M Kravtsiv, 2017
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 25 moves, 1-0
Black lectures
J Sloth vs M Umansky, 2001
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 50 moves, 0-1
Kramnik vs Aronian, 2016
(A14) English, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Neo-Catalan
Kramnik vs Nakamura, 2015
(A14) English, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kramnik vs Adams, 2015
(A14) English, 39 moves, 1-0
Van Wely vs Karjakin, 2014
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 60 moves, 0-1
M Ruderfer vs Karpov, 1971
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 24 moves, 0-1
Wojtaszek vs Karjakin, 2013
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 83 moves, 1/2-1/2
--> Stonewall
Aronian vs Wei Yi, 2017
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Baryshpolets vs P Smirnov, 2014
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 48 moves, 1-0
Mikhalevski vs L Gerzhoy, 2001
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 40 moves, 1-0
So vs Wojtaszek, 2017
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 34 moves, 1-0
G A Ageichenko vs N Kantyshev, 2013
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 50 moves, 1-0
Topalov vs B Deac, 2017
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 25 moves, 1-0
Iturrizaga Bonelli vs H Olafsson, 2017
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 67 moves, 1-0
Iturrizaga Bonelli vs A Moskalenko, 2017
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 37 moves, 1-0
Kamsky vs P Idani, 2017
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 33 moves, 1-0
E Bukic vs A Urzica, 1975
(E09) Catalan, Closed, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
Balashov vs Tal, 1972
(E08) Catalan, Closed, 49 moves, 0-1
O Willson vs F Vangsgaard, 2017
(A14) English, 54 moves, 0-1
Ding Liren vs Aronian, 2017
(A14) English, 44 moves, 1-0
W Ju vs Z Tan, 2017
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 37 moves, 0-1
Kramnik vs Naiditsch, 2006
(A15) English, 33 moves, 1-0
So vs Nakamura, 2016
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 38 moves, 1-0
blitz
C Li vs H Wang, 2016
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 29 moves, 1-0
T Taalaibekov vs S Yogit, 2016
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
blitz
C Li vs Harikrishna, 2016
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 38 moves, 1-0
C Li vs P R Martinez Reyes, 2014
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 57 moves, 1-0
C Li vs H Dronavalli, 2014
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 54 moves, 1-0
C Li vs Rozentalis, 2014
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 42 moves, 1-0
C Li vs L Vajda, 2016
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
rpd
C Li vs E Postny, 2013
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
C Li vs D Xiu, 2013
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 57 moves, 1-0
C Li vs H Wang, 2011
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2
C Li vs Ganguly, 2011
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 159 moves, 1/2-1/2
C Li vs Tkachiev, 2011
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 36 moves, 0-1
C Li vs Leko, 2012
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 75 moves, 0-1
Szabo vs Geller, 1953
(E02) Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4, 59 moves, 0-1
Golombek vs Ed. Lasker, 1953
(E02) Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4, 36 moves, 1-0
Keres vs Kotov, 1953
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
corr
D de Lange vs G Borisenko, 1960
(E02) Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963
(E08) Catalan, Closed, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Rogers vs I Papaioannou, 1995
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
Pelletier vs Kramnik, 2017
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Buhmann vs R Loos, 2017
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 55 moves, 1-0
R Svane vs A Moiseenko, 2017
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Rodshtein vs Jakovenko, 2017
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 70 moves, 1-0
Suba vs V Inkiov, 1985
(A13) English, 41 moves, 0-1
M Mchedlishvili vs M Parligras, 2015
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 0-1
Giri vs L'Ami, 2010
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2
So vs Kramnik, 2017
(A14) English, 65 moves, 1-0
Eljanov vs Kramnik, 2017
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 63 moves, 0-1
E Kakulidis vs S Eminov, 2017
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
Y Hou vs J L Hammer, 2017
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 80 moves, 1-0
Radjabov vs Gelfand, 2017
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
Grischuk vs Nakamura, 2017
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Gelfand vs Ding Liren, 2017
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 35 moves, 0-1
F Vallejo Pons vs Harikrishna, 2017
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 82 moves, 1/2-1/2
Gelfand vs Harikrishna, 2017
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 52 moves, 1-0
intern
R Svane vs Martin Kololli, 2016
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 45 moves, 1-0
H Melkumyan vs Khismatullin, 2017
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 38 moves, 1-0
I Cheparinov vs S Azarov, 2017
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 41 moves, 1-0
Z Kozul vs M Matlakov, 2017
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2014
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2013
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Antipov vs Kovalenko, 2017
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 57 moves, 0-1
Salov vs Korchnoi, 1997
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 81 moves, 1/2-1/2
Tal vs T Giorgadze, 1979
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 40 moves, 0-1
Xiong vs So, 2017
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 31 moves, 0-1
Korchnoi vs Hjartarson, 1988
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 38 moves, 0-1
Anand vs Topalov, 2010
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 43 moves, 1-0
K Podzielny vs T Kordsachia, 1982
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 27 moves, 0-1
Wei Yi vs Ponomariov, 2017
(A13) English, 40 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1937
(E02) Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Umansky vs D Fleetwood, 2003
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
T Koop vs T Baron, 2015
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 30 moves, 0-1
Ding Liren vs Naiditsch, 2017
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2
Karpov vs Beliavsky, 1994
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 20 moves, 1-0
Jobava vs Short, 2017
(A14) English, 47 moves, 1-0
Wojo's weapon is jamming
Wojtkiewicz vs Korchnoi, 2000
(E08) Catalan, Closed, 32 moves, 0-1
Wojo's weapon reloaded
Wojtkiewicz vs D Ippolito, 2004
(E05) Catalan, Open, Classical line, 25 moves, 1-0
Wojtkiewicz vs Shulman, 2005
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Quinteros vs I Radulov, 1970
(E09) Catalan, Closed, 27 moves, 0-1
Carlsen vs Portisch, 2007
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 30 moves, 1-0
Wei Yi vs B Sambuev, 2017
(A13) English, 39 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik vs Stahlberg, 1954
(A14) English, 50 moves, 1-0
Bluebaum vs Lupulescu, 2016
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
J Gustafsson vs V Babula Sr, 2004
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 53 moves, 1-0
Giri vs R D Miedema, 2009
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 39 moves, 0-1
L Yankelevich vs A Lampert, 2017
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 37 moves, 1-0
Lenderman vs F Vallejo Pons, 2017
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 72 moves, 1-0
Korchnoi vs I Vistaneckis, 1955
(E02) Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4, 57 moves, 1-0
R Praggnanandhaa vs J van Foreest, 2017
(A06) Reti Opening, 39 moves, 0-1
Keres vs Najdorf, 1950
(E07) Catalan, Closed, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Smyslov vs L Prins, 1952
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 16 moves, 1-0
Giri vs Leko, 2015
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 46 moves, 1-0
Giri vs Leko, 2013
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Stein vs Tal, 1971
(A14) English, 33 moves, 1-0
Beliavsky vs Anand, 1998
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Tomashevsky vs Ding Liren, 2017
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
Miss Played Catalan
Aronian vs Karjakin, 2017
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Sokolov vs E Can, 2017
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 0-1
I Sokolov vs Caruana, 2010
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 66 moves, 1-0
Aronian vs Ivanchuk, 2017
(A13) English, 24 moves, 1-0
Ding Liren vs Wei Yi, 2017
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2
So vs Y Hou, 2018
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 30 moves, 1-0
Gledura vs D Kollars, 2018
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 45 moves, 1-0
A Donchenko vs R Akesson, 2018
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 36 moves, 1-0
D Yuffa vs M Kraemer, 2010
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 0-1
K Shevchenko vs Kamsky, 2018
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 51 moves, 1-0
Caruana vs Karjakin, 2012
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
Caruana vs Karjakin, 2014
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 71 moves, 1-0
Caruana vs Karjakin, 2018
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Caruana vs Ding Liren, 2018
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 67 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ding Liren vs Caruana, 2018
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
T Enkhbat vs D Ippolito, 2008
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 65 moves, 0-1
Wojtaszek vs Efimenko, 2010
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 68 moves, 1-0
D Rogozenco vs Naiditsch, 2010
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 57 moves, 0-1
Polugaevsky vs Korchnoi, 1977
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0
Shabalov vs D Pavasovic, 2007
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 42 moves, 0-1
Vitiugov vs V Fedoseev, 2017
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 55 moves, 1-0
Krasenkow vs Nakamura, 2007
(A14) English, 28 moves, 0-1
N Meshkovs vs Nisipeanu, 2017
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
B Bok vs E Hansen, 2015
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 68 moves, 1-0
Aronian vs Y Hou, 2018
(A14) English, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
Wojtaszek vs Giri, 2018
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
O Girya vs P Shuvalova, 2017
(E15) Queen's Indian, 59 moves, 1-0
W Ju vs Z Tan, 2018
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 27 moves, 1-0
J Bai vs B Socko, 2014
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 34 moves, 1-0
Kamsky vs D Bocharov, 2018
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
M Matlakov vs So, 2018
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Andersson vs Gligoric, 1982
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 26 moves, 1-0
via NID
Caruana vs Karjakin, 2018
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 30 moves, 1-0
Wojtaszek vs T Oyunbaatar, 2008
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 32 moves, 1-0
A Smith vs Andrei Gurbanov, 2016
(A14) English, 60 moves, 1-0
A Smith vs B Lindberg, 2012
(A14) English, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
O Barda vs L Watzl, 1950
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 24 moves, 1-0
Polugaevsky vs Keres, 1973
(E08) Catalan, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0
Huebner vs Spassky, 1978
(A14) English, 55 moves, 1-0
N Lubbe vs F Hedke, 2017
(A13) English, 48 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik vs T van Scheltinga, 1966
(A14) English, 40 moves, 1-0
P H Nielsen vs V Chuchelov, 2003
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0
Wojtaszek vs Adams, 2018
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 45 moves, 1-0
Bondarevsky vs Lisitsin, 1940
(E09) Catalan, Closed, 33 moves, 1-0
Eljanov vs Radjabov, 2018
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
E Paehtz vs L van Foreest, 2019
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 75 moves, 0-1
V Artemiev vs Nakamura, 2019
(A14) English, 31 moves, 1-0
L Gonda vs C Paci, 2001
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 95 moves, 1-0
B Moon vs S Vibbert, 2011
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 21 moves, 0-1
Gulko vs Lputian, 1985
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 20 moves, 1-0
Giri vs Jakovenko, 2019
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 97 moves, 1-0
Polugaevsky vs Ivkov, 1969
(E08) Catalan, Closed, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
Fridman vs Zvjaginsev, 2002
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 38 moves, 0-1
Ponomariov vs Kramnik, 2010
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs Bogoljubov, 1941
(E08) Catalan, Closed, 50 moves, 1-0
R Jumabayev vs P Bersamina, 2019
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 44 moves, 1-0
Mamedyarov vs So, 2019
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 34 moves, 1-0
S Wastney vs M Elbaruni, 2002
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 19 moves, 1-0
C Hertan vs J Pajak, 1985
(E05) Catalan, Open, Classical line, 64 moves, 0-1
Piket vs Korchnoi, 1994
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 35 moves, 1-0
Navara vs T D V Nguyen, 2015
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 32 moves, 1-0
Ding Liren vs Anand, 2019
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
related - late d4
Filip vs Euwe, 1955
(A13) English, 39 moves, 1-0
E Paehtz vs R Zysk, 2019
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
via Semi-Slav
Ivanchuk vs Dreev, 1986
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 1-0
Topalov vs Kramnik, 1997
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 33 moves, 0-1
J van Oosterom vs D R Myers, 2007
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 54 moves, 1-0
Naiditsch vs N Huschenbeth, 2019
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 40 moves, 0-1
R Loetscher vs Bluebaum, 2016
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 0-1
Lengyel vs Sliwa, 1966
(E08) Catalan, Closed, 30 moves, 1-0
X Bu vs A Riazantsev, 2019
(A14) English, 35 moves, 1-0
Gelfand vs N Sarin, 2019
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 71 moves, 1-0
Xiong vs V Akobian, 2019
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
S Halkias vs T Nabaty, 2019
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 28 moves, 1-0
U Rath vs L D Evans, 1981
(A14) English, 42 moves, 0-1
Carlsen vs Giri, 2022
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 36 moves, 1-0
Carlsen vs Rapport, 2022
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 31 moves, 1-0
Nakamura vs Dominguez Perez, 2017
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 43 moves, 0-1
E Cordova vs A Riazantsev, 2020
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 27 moves, 0-1
Pseudo-Catalan
Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 136 moves, 1-0
Y Yu vs Bluebaum, 2021
(A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0
M Ulybin vs C Schoppen, 2016
(E07) Catalan, Closed, 40 moves, 0-1
Tolush vs Averbakh, 1948
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 33 moves, 1-0
N Lubbe vs Tiviakov, 2019
(A14) English, 59 moves, 0-1
The Qd3 line
N Sarin vs S Bogner, 2022
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 27 moves, 1-0
P Cramling vs J Movsesian, 2022
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 34 moves, 1-0
Petrov vs H Cordova, 1939
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 33 moves, 1-0
J van Foreest vs T Wedberg, 2022
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 22 moves, 1-0
C Yoo vs E Moradiabadi, 2022
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 39 moves, 1-0
E Can vs P Maghsoodloo, 2022
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 30 moves, 1-0
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