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Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line

ECO E05 · 670 games · White to move

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
47% White9% Draw44% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Qc231547.0%
Ne511417.0%
Nc3152.2%
Nbd2111.6%

A further 215 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

Queen's Pawn Game 1. d4Indian Defense 1... Nf6Indian Defense: Normal Variation 2. c4Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian 3. Nf3Catalan Opening: Closed 5. Nf3Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line 6... dxc4

Other lines in this family

Open DefenseE04… 4... c6 5. Bg2 dxc4126ClosedE06… 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf32,839Catalan OpeningE00… 3. g32,623Catalan OpeningE00… 3. g3 d52,282Open DefenseE01… 3. g3 d5 4. Bg21,851Open DefenseE04… 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3691Open DefenseE02… 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4220Tarrasch DefenseE01… 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6152ClosedE07… 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd792ClosedE061. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O c6542

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.