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Catalan Opening: Closed
White’s last move 4. Bg2 sets up the fianchetto and initiates kingside development. Alternatively, white can go for 4. Nf3, and transpose. Black can choose to create a triangle slav structure with … c6, or opt to transpose back into the Catalan Opening: Open by playing … dxc4. Other notable variations include … Nbd7 and … b6.
The Catalan Opening: Closed originates from the Catalan Opening where Black has committed the pawn to d5 with 4… d5.
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