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E01: Catalan, closed

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2

Catalan, closed

E01 Sub-variants:

Overview

Games on Database: 8889
Last Played: Jun 2026
Overall score:
35.9% 40.9% 23.1%
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Played frequently by:

White  
Gennadi Sosonko 66 games
Petr Haba 49 games
Victor Mikhalevski 43 games
Black  
Anatoly Karpov 44 games
Andrei Sokolov 37 games
Sergei Tiviakov 34 games

Possible continuations:

4... Be7  3319
35.8 % 43.6 % 20.6 %
4... dxc4  2454
32 % 42.3 % 25.7 %
4... Bb4+  1739
33.1 % 42.6 % 24.4 %
4... c6  698
49.9 % 29.2 % 20.9 %
4... c5  248
44 % 33.1 % 23 %
4... Nbd7  160
47.5 % 28.8 % 23.8 %
4... b6  89
52.8 % 21.3 % 25.8 %
4... Nc6  89
42.7 % 30.3 % 27 %
4... a6  28
28.6 % 46.4 % 25 %
4... h6  22
36.4 % 27.3 % 36.4 %
4... Bd6  20
25 % 50 % 25 %
4... g6  19
31.6 % 26.3 % 42.1 %