E04: Catalan, open, 5.Nf3

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3

Catalan, open, 5.Nf3

E04 Sub-variants:

Catalan, open, 5.Nf3
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3

Overview

Games on Database:

9155

Last Played:

Jun 2026

Overall score:

33.7%

42.4%

23.9%

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Played frequently by:

White
Zlatko Ilincic	47 games
Boris Gelfand	36 games
Zdenko Kozul	35 games

Black
Evgeny Sveshnikov	42 games
Arkadij Naiditsch	40 games
Oleg Korneev	34 games

Possible continuations:

5... a6

2346

33.3 %

38.8 %

27.8 %

5... Nc6

1895

32.8 %

42.7 %

24.5 %

5... c5

1724

35.1 %

50.6 %

14.3 %

5... Bb4+

1258

33 %

43 %

24 %

5... Bd7

622

32 %

40.8 %

27.2 %

5... c6

494

28.7 %

40.9 %

30.4 %

5... Nbd7

416

34.9 %

38.7 %

26.4 %

5... Be7

259

42.1 %

37.8 %

20.1 %

5... b5

129

45 %

22.5 %

32.6 %

5... Bd6

62.5 %

37.5 %