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Catalan from English Move Order
John-Paul Wallace in hs excellent survey on the Catalan recommends after 1,d4d5 2,c4 e6 3,Nf3 Nf6 4,g3 dxc4 which does indeed look like a good try for early middlegame complications. But I wonder what...

Started 08/24/06 at 10:38:48 by akita
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By: Smyslov_Fan
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Catalan against Slav-SemiSlav
I'd like to undestrand why i never see strong White Catalan players to play their fovourite opening against the Slav-Semislav move order.
In particular the move order is 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 ...

Started 11/06/07 at 12:32:08 by Alesab
14 7689 Last Post 02/02/08 at 22:14:04
By: Bonsai
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The Catalan?
What is the status of the Catalan? Quite often I see it called drawish and boring. In Chessbase's description of the Marin CD they start "The Catalan is an opening in which Black may well be able to o...

Started 04/18/05 at 01:34:43 by Alias
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By: MNb
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Catalan
It seems to me that the Catalan does not get very much attention these days - is this just fashion or is it that Black has found reliable ways to equalise?  I find the opening attractive for White, an...

Started 02/20/03 at 08:34:58 by alumbrado
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By: Willempie
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Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3
Are there many resources on this line? If so, would you share? I like delaying c4, as I'm a softy. My database gives it decent results.

Started 07/23/15 at 03:11:02 by Ama17
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By: Ama17
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Anyone writing "Play the Catalan" ?
So is anyone writing this. It would seem that with Kramnik's recent exploits at the top, that there would be a market for a good well written repertoire book for White based on the Catalan.
Dunn...

Started 12/22/07 at 23:59:38 by Antillian
11 7151 Last Post 11/05/08 at 16:29:01
By: TonyRo
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Catalan: what happened to 6...dxc4 7.Qc2 b5 ?
At this year's euro-Ch Salgado tried the amazing line
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 b5!? 8.a4 b4 9.Ne5 Qxd4 10.Bxa8 Qxe5
where Black sacrifices the exchange f...

Started 11/14/11 at 23:19:28 by Brehn
2 4679 Last Post 04/07/12 at 15:06:35
By: Klick
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Live 5-minute Chess Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zanv6csegw
this post is on the Catalan, where I have the white pieces... my opponent played an unorthodox variation (Bb4+)

Started 07/19/10 at 07:53:36 by charlesgalofre
2 2251 Last Post 07/20/10 at 07:01:14
By: BPaulsen
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Closed Catalan (E08) theory
GM Scherbakov did an excellent review of the state of Catalan theory as of 6/4/13. In the section "Catalan5" (E08), he discusses the important line
1 d4,d5; 2 c4, e6; 3 Nf3, Nf6; 4 g3, Bb4ch; 5 ...

Started 02/26/14 at 21:52:25 by cma6
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By: GMTonyKosten
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Bizarre queen sac in the Catalan?
Recently, I played the following game as Black against the Catalan.
[pgn][Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Enter New Game"]
[Black "?"]
[R...|/pgn]
6.a4 is a legitimate sideline, but 8.Nc3 is a novelty. It looks as though Black just plays 8...b5 with a nice position, as ...b4 is coming. My opponent after the game stated

Started 08/31/16 at 19:42:53 by cramie10
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By: Confused_by_Theory
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Bf5 against g3-systems
Hi all,
I often meet the following variation :
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 Bf5 5.0-0 e6 6.c4 and black continues developing (Nbd7/Bd6/0-0) with sometimes h6.
Apart from being dull i...

Started 02/09/07 at 11:46:40 by Cruyce
5 3506 Last Post 02/18/07 at 17:46:36
By: HgMan
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Bb4+ in the Catalan
What is the idea of Bb4+ after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2?
The most popular line going by number of games is
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8...

Started 01/08/07 at 06:29:14 by d_d
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By: d_d
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Chesspub's Catalan e-book vs. Agnus Dunnington
Hello !
Been a while since I last posted here, but I have a question. My chess journey has taken me towards the Catalan lately. I am getting the hang of it, getting more enjoyable games with a ve...

Started 11/12/10 at 18:30:44 by Damien Calloway
7 7532 Last Post 11/13/10 at 20:56:14
By: Markovich
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Catalan vs. the Semi-slav and Noteboom
It seems the Catalan approach would be an excellent short cut for those who wish to play classically (Nc3 and Nf3) vs. the Slav and QGD, but who wish to avoid heavy Semi-slav theory or the Noteboom.  ...

Started 12/01/08 at 02:37:54 by Eclectico
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By: MNb
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Is the Catalan a good fit with my repertoire?
My white repertoire is built around 1.d4, 2.Nf3 and 3. c4.  Against the Kingside fianchetto defenses I follow Grivas' book "Beating the Fianchetto Defenses" - Bg5 Grunfeld, classical Benoni and KID wi...

Started 11/29/08 at 05:53:24 by Eclectico
13 6906 Last Post 11/30/08 at 12:56:03
By: MNb
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No Coverage of Catalan?
Is the Catalan covered at this site?  All I can find is the Bogo-Catalan, but where's the closed, open, etc.?

Started 04/10/04 at 15:42:15 by epound
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By: alumbrado
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Open vs Closed vs "delayed Open" and Ntirlis
In [i]Playing 1 d4 d5[i] Ntirlis immediately dismisses the Closed " ...Be7 can arguably be considered the main line, but it gives White a few too many options...". All his subsequent discussions are o...

Started 01/04/21 at 04:44:30 by ernie
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By: ernie
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Fighting the Catalan
Reading Avrukh's book, the Catalan seems more of a problem for Black than I realized. Thus, I wonder, what do you consider the best variation to soundly strive for the win as Black or at least get com...

Started 04/01/09 at 10:18:17 by exigentsky
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By: MNb
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Move order questions regarding Catalan
Suppose you want to play the Catalan against QGD-NID-QID. What are the pros and cons of 1. Nf3 and 1. d4 (I am thinking of Avrukh's book here: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 and 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4...

Started 10/18/10 at 18:06:00 by F22
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By: Keano
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The Catalan against all 1…d5 responses?
I just had a quick look at Avrukh’s books, as most of you know, a two volume repertoire for white with 1d4. As Avrukh himself explains at the introduction, his repertoire is based, whenever possible, ...

Started 03/21/12 at 11:31:06 by fairchess
14 16966 Last Post 03/28/12 at 09:45:00
By: emary
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