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For Catalan Opening, start at the first position and step through the moves rather than memorizing the final board. After each move, look for the piece that moved and the squares it now influences. The same opening name can cover several branches, so use the selected line’s move order as your reference.
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Opening lines
An ECO code groups opening lines, not one forced position. Step through legal notation from the CC0 Lichess dataset. This is a study viewer, without engine evaluation or a claim that a line is best.
The board shows one representative line for each ECO code. All collected branches and their PGN moves remain listed below.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3
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E00 · Catalan Opening
6 PGN · 6 FEN
- Catalan Opening:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 - Catalan Opening:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 - Catalan Opening: Hungarian Gambit:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 e5 - Indian Defense:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Qb3 - Indian Defense: Devin Gambit:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g4 - Indian Defense: Seirawan Attack:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5
E01 · Catalan Opening
2 PGN · 2 FEN
- Catalan Opening: Open Defense:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 - Catalan Opening: Tarrasch Defense:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6
E03 · Catalan Opening
2 PGN · 2 FEN
- Catalan Opening: Open Defense:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 - Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Alekhine Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2
E04 · Catalan Opening
3 PGN · 3 FEN
- Catalan Opening: Open Defense:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 - Catalan Opening: Open Defense:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 dxc4 - Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Modern Sharp Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+
E06 · Catalan Opening
4 PGN · 4 FEN
- Catalan Opening: Closed:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 - Catalan Opening: Closed:
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O c6 - Catalan Opening: Closed:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 b6 - Catalan Opening: Closed:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. e4 Na6
E07 · Catalan Opening
2 PGN · 2 FEN
- Catalan Opening: Closed:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 - Catalan Opening: Closed, Botvinnik Variation:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qd3
E08 · Catalan Opening
7 PGN · 7 FEN
- Catalan Opening: Closed:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 - Catalan Opening: Closed:
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 Opening: Closed:
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 - Catalan Opening: Closed:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Rd1 Nbd7 9. Bf4 - Catalan Opening: Closed, Zagoryansky Variation:
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1 b6 9. a4 - Catalan Opening: Closed:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. e4 - Catalan Opening: Closed, Spassky Gambit:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. b3 b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Nc3 b5
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