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

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Last Played:

May 2025

Overall score:

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Possible continuations:

7... c6

1241

44.1 %

39.7 %

16.2 %

7... c5

143

65 %

23.8 %

7... b6

125

61.6 %

30.4 %

7... Ne4

57.5 %

28.8 %

7... dxc4

62.5 %

26.4 %

7... Re8

69.6 %

17.4 %

7... a5

30.6 %

44.4 %

25 %

7... a6

50 %

37.5 %

7... h6

81.8 %

18.2 %