E08: Catalan, closed, 7.Qc2

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2

Catalan, closed, 7.Qc2

E08 Sub-variants:

Catalan, closed, 7.Qc2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2

Catalan, closed, Zagoryansky 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. Rd1 b6 9. a4

Catalan, closed, Qc2 & b3
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. b3

Catalan, closed, Spassky gambit
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. b3 b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Nc3 b5

Overview

Games on Database:

1712

Last Played:

Aug 2023

Overall score:

49.5%

35.7%

14.7%

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Played frequently by:

White
Gennadi Sosonko	10 games
Milan Vukic	9 games
Zdenko Kozul	9 games

Black
Ivan Farago	15 games
Branimir Maksimovic	11 games
Glenn C Flear	10 games

Possible continuations:

7... c6

1219

44.3 %

39.5 %

16.2 %

7... c5

139

65.5 %

23 %

7... b6

124

61.3 %

30.6 %

7... Ne4

58.3 %

29.2 %

7... dxc4

62 %

26.8 %

7... Re8

69.6 %

17.4 %

7... a6

47.8 %

39.1 %

7... h6

80 %

20 %

7... a5

42.9 %

14.3 %