E01: Catalan, closed

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

Catalan, closed

E01 Sub-variants:

Catalan, closed
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2

Overview

Games on Database:

8595

Last Played:

Jul 2025

Overall score:

36%

40.8%

23.2%

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Played frequently by:

White
Gennadi Sosonko	66 games
Petr Haba	49 games
Victor Mikhalevski	43 games

Black
Anatoly Karpov	44 games
Andrei Sokolov	37 games
Sergei Tiviakov	34 games

Possible continuations:

4... Be7

3221

35.9 %

43.5 %

20.6 %

4... dxc4

2397

31.8 %

42.4 %

25.7 %

4... Bb4+

1636

33.3 %

42.3 %

24.4 %

4... c6

693

49.9 %

29 %

21.1 %

4... c5

246

43.9 %

32.9 %

23.2 %

4... Nbd7

157

47.1 %

29.3 %

23.6 %

4... b6

86

53.5 %

20.9 %

25.6 %

4... Nc6

81

45.7 %

25.9 %

28.4 %

4... a6

27

25.9 %

48.1 %

25.9 %

4... g6

19

31.6 %

26.3 %

42.1 %

4... h6

18

38.9 %

27.8 %

33.3 %

4... Bd6

10

50 %

40 %