Catalan Opening

White combines d4 and c4 with a fianchetto of the light-squared bishop on g2. Pressure along the long diagonal and against a black pawn on c4 defines the opening. Black chooses whether to hold the pawn or to give it back for development.

32 lines in the book · ECO E00 to E09 · 2,130 tagged puzzles in the source database

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Catalan Opening

Play the next move in the line.

  1. d4
  2. Nf6
  3. c4
  4. e6
  5. g3

Move by move

  1. White pawn moves from d2 to d4.
  2. Black knight moves from g8 to f6.
  3. White pawn moves from c2 to c4.
  4. Black pawn moves from e7 to e6.
  5. White pawn moves from g2 to g3.

Variations

Hungarian Gambit1 lines · E00Open Defense9 lines · E01 to E05Tarrasch Defense1 lines · E01Closed17 lines · E06 to E09Closed Variation2 lines · E09

Named gambits and traps

2 lines in this family have "gambit" or "trap" in the name. The list shows 2.

Puzzles from this opening

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