E08: 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, Qc2 & b3

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:

1152

Last Played:

Aug 2023

Overall score:

47.6%

36.2%

16.2%

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Played frequently by:

White
Gennadi Sosonko	15 games
Jan Smejkal	13 games
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Black
Ivan Farago	8 games
Smbat G Lputian	8 games
Dragoljub M Ciric	8 games

Possible continuations:

8... b6

761

44.5 %

38 %

17.5 %

8... Ne4

160

56.9 %

25.6 %

17.5 %

8... b5

105

41 %

46.7 %

8... Re8

76

65.8 %

23.7 %

8... a5

23

30.4 %

56.5 %

8... Qc7

6

66.7 %

33.3 %

8... c5

6

83.3 %

16.7 %

8... Bd6

5

60 %

20 %

20 %

8... dxc4

3

33.3 %

66.7 %

8... h6

2

50 %

50 %

8... a6

2

100 %

8... Qa5

2

50 %

50 %