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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3

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Black to move
5,954 games · 1938-2025

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

5...a6

1,610

32.7%

39.4%

27.9%

5...Nc6

1,384

34.1%

39.5%

26.4%

5...c5

1,221

33.8%

50.7%

15.5

5...Bb4+

775

34.7%

43.1%

22.2%

5...c6

452

36.7%

35.6%

27.7%

5...Bd7

391

33%

42.2%

24.8%

5...Nbd7

331

37.5%

36.6%

26%

5...Be7

293

51.9%

33.1%

15

5...b5

91

47.3%

20.9%

31.9%

5...Bd6

3

33.3%

33.3%

33.3%

5...b6

I Veinger vs L Lederman, 1978 1-0

5...Bb4+ +0.15 (37 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Kramnik vs Morozevich, 2007 (1-0)
Anand vs Topalov, 2010 (1-0)
Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2010 (0-1)
Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006 (1-0)
Anand vs Topalov, 2010 (1-0)

DEBUT: A Simonson vs Kupchik, 1938 (0-1)
RECENT: S P Sethuraman vs F Perez Ponsa, 2018 (1-0)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
A A Anti-Catalan [Black] by chess.master
Timtiger's favorite Catalans by timtiger
Catalan by sleddog

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
E04: Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 (5810)
E05: Catalan, Open, Classical line (144)

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