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Catalan Opening — opening family
32 catalogued lines · ECO E00–E09
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The shortest catalogued line of the family runs 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 — the position below. The continuation chips count how many catalogued lines extend this head with each next move; explore the full tree below and play any branch against the engine.
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Variations tree of the Catalan Opening family
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32 variations of “Catalan Opening” · win% from 1.5M rated games · ♞ Test your knowledge vs engine Main continuations
All 32 lines
Name ECO Main line length Catalan Opening E00 5 plies Catalan Opening E00 6 plies Catalan Opening: Hungarian Gambit E00 6 plies Catalan Opening: Open Defense E01 7 plies Catalan Opening: Open Defense E02 8 plies Catalan Opening: Closed E06 9 plies Catalan Opening: Open Defense E04 9 plies Catalan Opening: Tarrasch Defense E01 10 plies Catalan Opening: Open Defense E04 10 plies Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line E05 10 plies Catalan Opening: Closed E06 12 plies Catalan Opening: Open Defense E03 11 plies Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line E05 12 plies Catalan Opening: Closed E07 12 plies Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Modern Sharp Variation E04 12 plies Catalan Opening: Closed E08 13 plies Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Alekhine Variation E03 13 plies Catalan Opening: Closed E08 15 plies Catalan Opening: Closed, Botvinnik Variation E07 15 plies Catalan Opening: Closed, Main Line E09 15 plies Catalan Opening: Closed E08 16 plies Catalan Opening: Closed E06 16 plies Catalan Opening: Closed Variation, Rabinovich Variation E09 16 plies Catalan Opening: Closed Variation, Traditional Variation E09 16 plies Catalan Opening: Closed, Zagoryansky Variation E08 17 plies Catalan Opening: Closed E08 17 plies Catalan Opening: Closed E06 18 plies Catalan Opening: Closed, Main Line E09 18 plies Catalan Opening: Closed E08 19 plies Catalan Opening: Closed, Spassky Gambit E08 20 plies Catalan Opening: Closed, Sokolsky Variation E09 20 plies Catalan Opening: Closed, Main Line E09 23 plies