Catalan opening

This is going to be the year of the Catalan Opening for someone.

After 3 g3, the Catalan Opening begins to take shape.

A line that is similar to the Catalan Opening is 4.

The second game began with the Open Catalan Opening.

Kramnik also revived the Catalan Opening.

If White chooses to fianchetto his king's bishop, the game transposes into the Catalan Opening.

Tartakower originated the Catalan Opening at Barcelona 1929.

After 7 O-O, the Catalan Opening takes shape.

Game 1 yesterday was a Catalan Opening, a system that both players have played often from both sides of the board and are therefore very familiar with.

Radjabov went for the Catalan Opening, and Adams introduced a new idea in the position shown with 9...Nb6 10.

The Catalan Opening is characterized by White forming a pawn center at d4 and c4 and fianchettoing his king's bishop.

In the Catalan Opening, White's fianchetto with 4 Bg2 readies long-term positional pressure down the h1-a8 diagonal.

An early d4 by White can also transpose to the Catalan Opening or Neo-Grünfeld Defence.

Some openings are noted for their wide range of possible transpositions, for example the Catalan Opening and Sicilian Defence.

Take, for example, the Catalan Opening, which can be concretely described as the fusion of a Queen's Gambit with a fianchetto of the king bishop.

The Catalan Opening, 3 g3, combining a king's fianchetto with a Queen's Gambit, produces the kind of subtle positional play he likes with the white pieces.

For the first time in the match, Kasparov chooses the Catalan Opening with 3 g3, a hybrid of Queen's Gambit and King's Fianchetto.

Gelfand's 4 g3 makes the game a Catalan Opening, a hybrid of a Queen's Gambit and a Reti Opening.

Usually the game will transpose to another opening such as the Catalan Opening, King's Indian Attack or some variation of the English Opening.

Kasparov chose to play the positional Catalan Opening, which is a hybrid of the Queen's Gambit and the King's Fianchetto Opening.

It has long been debated whether the main line of the Catalan Opening, which can be seen after 7 Qc4, is effete or a real source of danger for Black.

For this reason, transpositions to the Réti Opening, Catalan Opening, English opening or even the Nimzo-Larsen Attack (after b3 and Bb2) are not uncommon.

In the first of the two Kasparov-Kamsky games, the younger player revealed unfamiliarity with an important variation of the Catalan Opening and was mowed down by the champion's remorseless technique.

The Catalan Opening, first played in 1929 by Savielly Tartakover, is a hypermodern blend of a Queen's Gambit with a king's fianchetto, as can be seen after 5 Bg2.

Igor Platonov vs Jan Hein Donner, Cienfuegos 1972, Catalan Opening, Open Variation (E05), 1-0 One of his best games from his strongest international performance.