Closed Catalan

In the opening book this is the Catalan Opening: Closed.

The book line for Catalan Opening: Closed is d4, Nf6, c4, e6, g3, d5, Bg2, Be7. This page collects the 17 named lines under that variation.

17 named lines · ECO E06, E07, E08, E09 · 1,000 tagged puzzles in the source database

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Catalan Opening: Closed

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  1. d4
  2. Nf6
  3. c4
  4. e6
  5. g3
  6. d5
  7. Bg2
  8. Be7
  9. Nf3

Moves in the main line

  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.
  6. Black pawn moves from d7 to d5.
  7. White bishop moves from f1 to g2.
  8. Black bishop moves from f8 to e7.
  9. White knight moves from g1 to f3.

Named lines

  • Catalan Opening: Closed (E06) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3
  • Catalan Opening: Closed (E06) 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O c6
  • Catalan Opening: Closed (E06) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 b6
  • Catalan Opening: Closed (E06) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. e4 Na6
  • Catalan Opening: Closed (E07) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7
  • Catalan Opening: Closed, Botvinnik Variation (E07) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qd3
  • Catalan Opening: Closed (E08) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2
  • Catalan Opening: Closed (E08) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. b3
  • Catalan Opening: Closed (E08) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. b3 b6
  • Catalan Opening: Closed (E08) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Rd1 Nbd7 9. Bf4
  • Catalan Opening: Closed (E08) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e4
  • Catalan Opening: Closed, Spassky Gambit (E08) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. b3 b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Nc3 b5
  • Catalan Opening: Closed, Zagoryansky Variation (E08) 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1 b6 9. a4
  • Catalan Opening: Closed, Main Line (E09) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2
  • Catalan Opening: Closed, Main Line (E09) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. e4 Nbd7
  • Catalan Opening: Closed, Main Line (E09) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4
  • Catalan Opening: Closed, Sokolsky Variation (E09) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2 b6 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Ba6

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