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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; any branch can be explored on the interactive tree and played against the engine from there.

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Main continuations

d5 · 19Be7 · 1e5 · 1

All 32 lines

NameECOMain line length
Catalan OpeningE005 plies
Catalan OpeningE006 plies
Catalan Opening: Hungarian GambitE006 plies
Catalan Opening: Open DefenseE017 plies
Catalan Opening: Open DefenseE028 plies
Catalan Opening: ClosedE069 plies
Catalan Opening: Open DefenseE049 plies
Catalan Opening: Tarrasch DefenseE0110 plies
Catalan Opening: Open DefenseE0410 plies
Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical LineE0510 plies
Catalan Opening: ClosedE0612 plies
Catalan Opening: Open DefenseE0311 plies
Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical LineE0512 plies
Catalan Opening: ClosedE0712 plies
Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Modern Sharp VariationE0412 plies
Catalan Opening: ClosedE0813 plies
Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Alekhine VariationE0313 plies
Catalan Opening: ClosedE0815 plies
Catalan Opening: Closed, Botvinnik VariationE0715 plies
Catalan Opening: Closed, Main LineE0915 plies
Catalan Opening: ClosedE0816 plies
Catalan Opening: ClosedE0616 plies
Catalan Opening: Closed Variation, Rabinovich VariationE0916 plies
Catalan Opening: Closed Variation, Traditional VariationE0916 plies
Catalan Opening: Closed, Zagoryansky VariationE0817 plies
Catalan Opening: ClosedE0817 plies
Catalan Opening: ClosedE0618 plies
Catalan Opening: Closed, Main LineE0918 plies
Catalan Opening: ClosedE0819 plies
Catalan Opening: Closed, Spassky GambitE0820 plies
Catalan Opening: Closed, Sokolsky VariationE0920 plies
Catalan Opening: Closed, Main LineE0923 plies