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Catalan Opening
Overview
Catalan Opening is a variation within the Indian Defenses family, indexed as ECO E00.
The Indian Defenses group covers Indian defences — hypermodern lines where Black challenges the centre with pieces rather than pawns.
It begins with 6 plies and takes 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 to reach the canonical position.
It is a direct variation of Catalan Opening.
It continues primarily into one named line, Closed.
Together the deeper variations number 17 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- E00
- Group
- Indian Defenses (E)
- Plies
- 6
- Parent
- Catalan Opening
- Direct variations
- 1
- Total in subtree
- 17
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Variations (1)
Show all 17 sub-variations (full subtree)
- E01 Closed 7-ply
- E06 Catalan Opening: Closed 9-ply
- E02 Catalan Opening: Open Defense 8-ply
- E06 Catalan Opening: Closed 18-ply
- E07 Catalan Opening: Closed 12-ply
- E08 Catalan Opening: Closed 17-ply
- E03 Catalan Opening: Open Defense 11-ply
- E04 Catalan Opening: Open Defense 9-ply
- E08 Catalan Opening: Closed 13-ply
- E07 Botvinnik Variation 15-ply
- E03 Alekhine Variation 13-ply
- E05 Classical Line 10-ply
- E04 Modern Sharp Variation 12-ply
- E08 Catalan Opening: Closed 15-ply
- E08 Catalan Opening: Closed 19-ply
- E09 Sokolsky Variation 20-ply
- E08 Catalan Opening: Closed 16-ply