E05 - Catalan: Open, Classical Line

Variation: Catalan: Open, Classical Line

Initial Move: The main line of the Open Catalan. Both sides reach a high-level coordination where White's pressure on the d5-square is balanced by Black's solid structure. Learn this opening step by step

46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 | Open | Matches 13-37 - Olymp 2026 Open
2026.09.27
IM Vazquez, Facundo (2411)
GM Georgiadis, Nico (2535)
Result 1/2-1/2
Opening E05
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46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 | Open | Matches 13-37 - Olymp 2026 Open
2026.09.27
GM Stremavicius, Titas (2554)
GM Deac, Bogdan-Daniel (2644)
Result 1/2-1/2
Opening E05
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46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 | Open | Matches 13-37 - Olymp 2026 Open
2026.09.25
GM Preotu, Razvan (2475)
GM Annaberdiyev, Meylis (2384)
Result 1/2-1/2
Opening E05
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46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 | Women | Matches 1-25 - Olymp 2026 Women
2026.09.26
IM Tsolakidou, Stavroula (2441)
IM Mkrtchian, Lilit (2353)
Result 1-0
Opening E05
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46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 | Open | Matches 13-37 - Olymp 2026 Open
2026.09.21
GM Kelires, Andreas (2532)
GM Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn (2536)
Result 1/2-1/2
Opening E05
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46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 | Open | Matches 1-12 - Olymp 2026 Open
2026.09.20
GM Petrosyan, Manuel (2569)
GM Kong, Xiangrui (2549)
Result 1/2-1/2
Opening E05
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46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 | Open | Matches 1-12 - Olymp 2026 Open
2026.09.20
GM So, Wesley (2774)
GM Bluebaum, Matthias (2662)
Result 1/2-1/2
Opening E05
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46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 | Open | Matches 1-12 - Olymp 2026 Open
2026.09.19
GM Can, Emre (2534)
GM Vokhidov, Shamsiddin (2654)
Result 1/2-1/2
Opening E05
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46th FIDE Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 | Open | Matches 13-37 - Olymp 2026 Open
2026.09.17
GM Bogner, Sebastian (2547)
IM Saraci, Nderim (2453)
Result 1-0
Opening E05
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Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2026 | Preliminary Stage - Global Chess League
2026.09.12
GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (2718)
GM Sindarov, Javokhir (2778)
Result 0-1
Opening E05
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