Catalan Opening: all variations and ECO codes

32 named lines across 10 ECO codes (E00–E09). Source: the CC0-licensed lichess.org opening database.

The idea

White fianchettoes the bishop onto the long diagonal before deciding how to handle the center, combining a Queen’s Gambit-style bid for space with hypermodern pressure down the a1-h8 diagonal. Whatever Black’s central pawn ends up doing - staying on d5 or getting grabbed on c4 - it sits directly in that bishop’s sights for the rest of the game.

The main line

How the main line scores at your rating

Real Lichess win rates for 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3, playing as white: the family’s other variations are not separately tracked for win rate yet, main line only.

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All 32 named variations

Every named line in the Catalan Opening family, from the CC0-licensed ECO classification: not separately tracked for win rate, but every ECO code and move sequence is real, sourced data.

• E00Catalan Opening (main line)1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3
• E00Catalan Opening (main line)1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5
• E00Hungarian Gambit1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 e5
• E01Open Defense1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2
  E02Open Defense1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4
  E03Open Defense1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4
  E04Open Defense1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3
  E04Open Defense1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 dxc4
  • E03Alekhine Variation1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 a6 7.Qc2
  • E04Modern Sharp Variation1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bb4+
  • E05Classical Line1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Be7
    E05Classical Line1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4
• E01Tarrasch Defense1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6
• E06Closed1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3
  E06Closed1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.d4 O-O 6.O-O c6
  E06Closed1.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
  E06Closed1.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
  E07Closed1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7
  E08Closed1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2
  E08Closed1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.b3
  E08Closed1.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
  E08Closed1.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
  E08Closed1.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
  • E07Botvinnik Variation1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 c6 8.Qd3
  • E08Spassky Gambit1.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
  • E08Zagoryansky Variation1.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
  • E09Main Line1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nbd2
    E09Main Line1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Qc2 b6 8.Nbd2 Bb7 9.e4 Nbd7
    E09Main Line1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Bf4 b6 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4
  • E09Sokolsky Variation1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nbd2 b6 9.b3 a5 10.Bb2 Ba6

• Closed Variation

  • E09Rabinovich Variation1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 e6 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.g3 Nbd7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O b5
  • E09Traditional Variation1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Nbd2 b6

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