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Tigran Petrosian vs David Bronstein
Zuerich Candidates (1953), Zuerich SUI, rd 3, Sep-02
Catalan Opening: Open Defense (E04)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-04-04  Backward Development: of interest:
on the catalan system
"The Catalan only appears to be a harmless opening: in reality it conceals a number of subtleties, which is why it is so often played by such as Keres, Smyslov and Petrosian. White's move, nf3, is one such nuance. usually, check is given here, and the pawn recaptured, but this allows black to develop his bishop via d7 to c6. now, however, white has the choice, depending upon circumstances, of recovering his pawn by nf3-e5-xc4 or nb1-d2-xc4, or going back to Qd1-a4-xc4. If black plays it like a Queen's Gambit, and tries to 'equalize by means of the standard maneuver...c5, the fianchettoed bishop unleashes tremendous power: for example 5...c5 6.0-0 Nc6
7.Qa4 Bd7
8.dc Na5
9.Qc2 Bxc5
10.Ne5 Rc8
11.Nc3 b5
12.Bg5 and white has an outstanding game.'"
Jun-25-25  ewan14: Does this variation , with the bishop moving to d7 and then c6 , have a particular name ?

Thanks in advance

Jun-25-25  stone free or die: <ewan14> 8...Bc6 is the continuation of all three games in <CaissaBase> that have the same position after 8.O-O.

Very unlikely to have a distinct name with that low frequency, but who knows?

There's a total of 15 games reaching the position after 7...Bd7, with 8.Qxc4 being played in 8 games (scoring 56.2%), and 8.Ne4 seen 5 times (only scoring 40%(!)).

CaissaBase only goes to 2022 though.

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