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

FIDE World Cup 2025
2025.11.05
GM Cori, Jorge (2613)
GM Sargsyan, Shant (2644)
Result 1/2-1/2
Opening E05
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FIDE World Cup 2025
2025.11.04
GM Amin, Bassem (2628)
GM Gledura, Benjamin (2635)
Result 1/2-1/2
Opening E05
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FIDE World Cup 2025
2025.11.02
GM Quizon, Daniel (2432)
GM Grebnev, Aleksey (2625)
Result 1/2-1/2
Opening E05
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FIDE World Cup 2025
2025.10.31
GM Mendonca, Leon Luke (2605)
IM Wang, Shixu B (2437)
Result 1/2-1/2
Opening E05
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Semifinals Game 1: Lagunow, Raphael - Grinev, Valeriy
2025.11.16
IM Lagunow, Raphael (2422)
IM Grinev, Valeriy (2413)
Result 0-1
Opening E05
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Women's World Cup 2025
2025.07.17
GM Dronavalli, Harika (2466)
GM Lagno, Kateryna (2506)
Result 1/2-1/2
Opening E05
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Women's World Cup 2025
2025.07.10
IM Lee, Alice (2415)
WGM Shukhman, Anna (2456)
Result 0-1
Opening E05
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FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
2025.09.15
GM Wagner, Dennis (2591)
GM Hammer, Jon Ludvig (2574)
Result 1/2-1/2
Opening E05
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FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
2025.09.14
GM Murzin, Volodar (2650)
GM Shirov, Alexei (2597)
Result 1/2-1/2
Opening E05
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FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
2025.09.13
GM Svane, Rasmus (2620)
GM Deac, Bogdan-Daniel (2656)
Result 1/2-1/2
Opening E05
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