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Catalan, Closed (E08)
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 g3 d5 4 Bg2 Be7 5 Nf3 O-O 6 O-O Nbd7
7 Qc2

Number of games in database: 780
Years covered: 1929 to 2025
Overall record:
   White wins 51.3%
   Black wins 12.3%
   Draws 36.4%

Popularity graph, by decade

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Jan Smejkal  11 games
Lev Polugaevsky  10 games
Gennadi Sosonko  9 games
Ivan Farago  14 games
Antonio Medina Garcia  10 games
Boris Spassky  8 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Keene vs Robatsch, 1971
Smyslov vs J Rubinetti, 1970
Ivkov vs D Ciric, 1963
N Novotelnov vs Averbakh, 1951
Balashov vs Tal, 1972
Geller vs B Larsen, 1966
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 page 1 of 32; games 1-25 of 780  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Patay vs O Naegeli  1-0321929VeniceE08 Catalan, Closed
2. S Landau vs Spielmann  ½-½261933Spielmann - LandauE08 Catalan, Closed
3. A Dake vs Kupchik 1-0541936United States ChampionshipE08 Catalan, Closed
4. Alatortsev vs Ragozin 1-0291936All-Union Young MastersE08 Catalan, Closed
5. P Dubinin vs D Rovner 1-0521938URS-ch sf KievE08 Catalan, Closed
6. Keres vs Pirc ½-½371938NoordwijkE08 Catalan, Closed
7. E Reed Valenzuela vs E Karastoichev  1-0341939Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-2E08 Catalan, Closed
8. Alekhine vs Bogoljubov 1-05019412nd General GovernmentE08 Catalan, Closed
9. Alekhine vs H Nowarra ½-½7719412nd General GovernmentE08 Catalan, Closed
10. H Rossetto vs C Guimard 1-0741942ARG-ch mE08 Catalan, Closed
11. C Kottnauer vs Alatortsev  ½-½751946Moscow - PragueE08 Catalan, Closed
12. E Lundin vs O Bernstein  0-1531946GroningenE08 Catalan, Closed
13. P Martin vs Pilnik 0-1791947ARG-chE08 Catalan, Closed
14. Keres vs Levenfish 1-0301947USSR ChampionshipE08 Catalan, Closed
15. Fine vs H Steiner  ½-½401947Fine - SteinerE08 Catalan, Closed
16. Najdorf vs C Guimard  ½-½551948Mar del PlataE08 Catalan, Closed
17. Szabo vs M Castillo  1-0391948Mar del PlataE08 Catalan, Closed
18. L W Camara vs H Rossetto  ½-½271948La PlataE08 Catalan, Closed
19. E Gereben vs Benko  ½-½251948Bad GasteinE08 Catalan, Closed
20. Benko vs K Galia  1-0451948Bad GasteinE08 Catalan, Closed
21. G Ilivitsky vs V Makogonov  1-0371949URS-ch sf TbilisiE08 Catalan, Closed
22. Szabo vs Stahlberg ½-½291950Budapest CandidatesE08 Catalan, Closed
23. Flohr vs Stahlberg  ½-½271950Budapest CandidatesE08 Catalan, Closed
24. Simagin vs Szabo 0-1381950Przepiorka MemorialE08 Catalan, Closed
25. L Monostori vs J Balogh  1-0481950Hungarian ChampionshipE08 Catalan, Closed
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-15-04  Taidanii: 13.7%? ><
Feb-15-04  Benjamin Lau: You can't really expect that much from a black opening Petrosian championed. :-) When you consider all the weird and sometimes dubious setups Petrosian made, you know he must have been a very strong player to not get flattened each time.

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