ECO family guide

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 main line

Position after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 (E00). Open this line on Lichess → · Catalan Opening on Lichess

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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Win/draw/loss rate by rating band
Rating band	Games	White / draw / Black	Score for white
1400-1600	71,799	52.6% / 3.9% / 43.6%	54.5%
1600-1800	150,116	52.3% / 4.6% / 43.1%	54.6%
1800-2000	287,526	52.6% / 5.5% / 41.9%	55.3%
2000+	1,014,115	51.0% / 7.8% / 41.2%	54.9%

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 Gambit — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 e5
E01Open Defense — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2
E02Open Defense — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4
E03Open Defense — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4
E04Open Defense — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3
E04Open Defense — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 dxc4
- E03Alekhine Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 a6 7.Qc2
- E04Modern Sharp Variation — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bb4+
- E05Classical Line — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Be7
  E05Classical Line — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4
E01Tarrasch Defense — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6
E06Closed — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3
E06Closed — 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.d4 O-O 6.O-O c6
E06Closed — 1.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
E06Closed — 1.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
E07Closed — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7
E08Closed — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2
E08Closed — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.b3
E08Closed — 1.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
E08Closed — 1.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
E08Closed — 1.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 Variation — 1.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 Gambit — 1.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 Variation — 1.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 Line — 1.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 Line — 1.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 Line — 1.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 Variation — 1.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 Variation — 1.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 Variation — 1.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