Openings/Catalan Opening
Catalan Opening: Closed Variation, Rabinovich Variation E09
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
38 tournament games from this position · White wins 39%, draws 34%, Black wins 26%
Moves
38 games| Move | Games | White · Draw · Black | Elo | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| b3 | 20 | 40% 30% 30% | 2177 | 2025 |
| c5 | 14 | 50% 29% 21% | 2342 | 2024 |
| cxb5 | 3 | 67% 33% | 2138 | 2025 |
| e4 | 1 | 100% | 2031 | 2026 |
Top games
| Balog, I12539–Vajda, Le2594 | 1-0 | Great Hopes GM 2013 | 2013 |
| Plat, V2522–Podolchenko, E2398 | 1-0 | 18th ch-EUR Indiv 2017 | 2017 |
| Dziuba, M2566–Sigurpalsson, R2280 | 1-0 | TCh-ISL Div 1 2015-16 | 2016 |
| Saeed, I2434–Labib, I2412 | 0-1 | Arab Championship 2018 | 2018 |
| Kozul, Z2532–Haszon, D2250 | 1-0 | ch-HUN Rapid 2023 | 2023 |
| Goryachkina, A2441–Kozak, Adam2307 | ½-½ | World Youth U16 Olympiad | 2014 |
| Xu, Xiangyu2545–Manukian, Ar2196 | 1-0 | PRO League KO Stage 2018 | 2018 |
| Harutyunian, T2495–Yegiazaryan, A2243 | 1-0 | 77th ch-ARM 1st League | 2016 |
| Djurovic, G2378–Mrdja, M2347 | ½-½ | 21st TCh-CRO 1b 2012 | 2012 |
| Neukirchner, Pascal2198–Burmakin, V2526 | 0-1 | 30th Staufer-Open 2018 | 2018 |
Catalan Opening variations
Catalan OpeningE00Catalan OpeningE00Hungarian GambitE00Open DefenseE01Open DefenseE02ClosedE06Open DefenseE04Tarrasch DefenseE01Open DefenseE04Open Defense, Classical LineE05ClosedE06Open DefenseE03Open Defense, Classical LineE05ClosedE07Open Defense, Modern Sharp VariationE04ClosedE08Open Defense, Alekhine VariationE03ClosedE08Closed, Botvinnik VariationE07Closed, Main LineE09ClosedE08ClosedE06Closed Variation, Traditional VariationE09Closed, Zagoryansky VariationE08