Catalan Opening
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The Catalan Opening is a chess opening for White that combines elements of the Queen's Gambit and Réti systems, characterized by fianchettoing the king's bishop and exerting long-range pressure on the queenside and center.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Queen's Pawn Opening
ⓘ
chess opening ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
closed openings
ⓘ
flank openings ⓘ |
| canTransposeFrom |
English Opening move orders
ⓘ
Réti Opening move orders ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
fianchetto of the king's bishop on g2
ⓘ
long-range pressure on center ⓘ long-range pressure on queenside ⓘ |
| combinesElementsOf |
Queen's Gambit
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Réti Opening NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| evaluation | reliable weapon for White at top level ⓘ |
| favoredBy |
Garry Kasparov
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Magnus Carlsen NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikhail Botvinnik NERFINISHED ⓘ Viswanathan Anand NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Kramnik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasECOCode |
E01
ⓘ
E02 ⓘ E03 ⓘ E04 ⓘ E05 ⓘ E06 ⓘ E07 ⓘ E08 ⓘ E09 ⓘ |
| hasMainBranch |
Closed Catalan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Open Catalan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inClosedCatalan | Black maintains pawn on d5 and does not capture on c4 early ⓘ |
| inOpenCatalan | Black captures on c4 early ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Catalonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oftenContinuesWith |
2 c4
ⓘ
g3 ⓘ |
| popularIn | World Championship matches NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requiresForWhite | good understanding of positional play ⓘ |
| strategicTheme |
control of long diagonal a8–h1
ⓘ
positional compensation for pawn ⓘ pressure on c4 pawn in Open Catalan ⓘ pressure on d5 pawn ⓘ queenside space advantage for White ⓘ |
| typicalMoveOrder |
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 g3
GENERATED
ⓘ
1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 g3 GENERATED ⓘ |
| typicalPlanForBlack |
central break with ...e5
GENERATED
ⓘ
queenside counterplay with ...c5 GENERATED ⓘ |
| typicalPlanForWhite |
pressure on queenside with Qa4, Qc2, and Rd1
GENERATED
ⓘ
rapid development and castling kingside GENERATED ⓘ |
| typicalStructure |
hanging pawns on c4 and d4
ⓘ
isolated queen's pawn positions ⓘ minority attack on queenside ⓘ |
| uses | 1 d4 as first move for White ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.