Catalan Opening: Closed

ECO E06, E07, E08 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3

Variations

• Catalan Opening: Closed, Botvinnik Variation — 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, Main Line — 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, Zagoryansky Variation — 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, Sokolsky Variation — 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
• Catalan Opening: Closed, Spassky Gambit — 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

Related variations

• Catalan Opening: Open Defense
• Catalan Opening: Hungarian Gambit
• Catalan Opening: Tarrasch Defense
• Catalan Opening: Closed Variation, Rabinovich Variation
• Catalan Opening: Closed Variation, Traditional Variation

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