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BPaulsen God Member Offline I Love Light Squares! Posts: 1702 Location: Anaheim, CA, USA Joined: 11/02/08 Gender:	Re: Repertoire for Black in the Catalan... Reply #6 - 10/12/10 at 07:08:04	Post Tools	Print Post
	Regardless of what you pick there is very dense theory to learn. Whether it's Markovich's choice of 5...a6, Kramnik's choice today of 5...Nc6, or anything else. Just pick something and go with it. Catalan theory is extremely diverse.

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XChess1971 Full Member Offline Born with a Dragon Book! Posts: 209 Location: USA Joined: 09/07/04 Gender:	Re: Repertoire for Black in the Catalan... Reply #5 - 10/12/10 at 06:21:36	Post Tools	Print Post
	Markovich wrote on 10/11/10 at 20:34:42: I've been investigating 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6, and I think it's a good defense. Or if White goes 6.Ne5 as recommended in Wojo's Weapons, then 6...c5 7.Na3 cxd4 8.Naxc4 Bc5 is fairly solid. There are many lines to learn, but I suppose that's true in general on Black's side of the Catalan. Kramnik got a draw against Anand in round 3 of the Bilbao Tournament 2010. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nd5 8.Bxb4 Ndxb4 9.0-0 Rb8 10.Na3 0-0 after an active fight black got a draw. A variation to take a look at I think.


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Markovich God Member Offline Posts: 6099 Location: Columbus, Ohio Joined: 09/17/04	Re: Repertoire for Black in the Catalan... Reply #4 - 10/11/10 at 20:34:42	Post Tools	Print Post
	I've been investigating 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6, and I think it's a good defense. Or if White goes 6.Ne5 as recommended in Wojo's Weapons, then 6...c5 7.Na3 cxd4 8.Naxc4 Bc5 is fairly solid. There are many lines to learn, but I suppose that's true in general on Black's side of the Catalan.

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BPaulsen God Member Offline I Love Light Squares! Posts: 1702 Location: Anaheim, CA, USA Joined: 11/02/08 Gender:	Re: Repertoire for Black in the Catalan... Reply #3 - 10/11/10 at 05:17:11	Post Tools	Print Post
	4...Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 is always another significant option. There's a ton of lines you could choose. Just pick one.

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XChess1971 Full Member Offline Born with a Dragon Book! Posts: 209 Location: USA Joined: 09/07/04 Gender:	Re: Repertoire for Black in the Catalan... Reply #2 - 10/11/10 at 04:38:58	Post Tools	Print Post
	TN wrote on 10/09/10 at 04:17:59: You could do worse than 4...dc4 5.Bg2 Bb4 6.Bd2 a5. Any other suggestions besides 6...a5; 5..Bb4 or 4...dxc4?.


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TN YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 3420 Joined: 11/07/08 Gender:	Re: Repertoire for Black in the Catalan... Reply #1 - 10/09/10 at 04:17:59	Post Tools	Print Post
	You could do worse than 4...dc4 5.Bg2 Bb4 6.Bd2 a5.

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XChess1971 Full Member Offline Born with a Dragon Book! Posts: 209 Location: USA Joined: 09/07/04 Gender:	Repertoire for Black in the Catalan... 10/09/10 at 02:24:39	Post Tools	Print Post
	Anybody knows a good possible repertoire for black in the catalan?


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