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Catalan Opening
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3. The bishop on g2 presses along the long diagonal towards Black's queenside. White is often willing to give up the c4 pawn for a while to keep that pressure.
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All 22 lines in this opening
- Catalan Opening
- Catalan Opening: vs 1...d5
- Catalan Opening: Open Catalan
- Catalan Opening: Closed Catalan
- Catalan Opening: Open, 5.Nf3
- Catalan Opening: Open, main 5.Nf3 a6
- Catalan Opening: Open, 5.Nf3 Be7
- Catalan Opening: Open, 5.Nf3 c5
- Catalan Opening: Open, 5.Nf3 Nc6
- Catalan Opening: Closed, main line
- Catalan Opening: Closed, 7.Nc3
- Catalan Opening: Closed, 7.b3
- Catalan Opening: Bogo-Catalan
- Catalan Opening: Bogo-Catalan, 4.Bd2
- Catalan Opening: Bogo-Catalan, 4.Nd2
- Catalan Opening: 3...c5
- Catalan Opening: 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2
- Catalan Opening: Delayed
- Catalan Opening: vs ...c6
- Catalan Opening: Open, 8.a4
- Catalan Opening: Classical Closed 8.Rd1
- Catalan Opening: Closed, 8.b3