[Event "Catalan opening: Introduction"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/Ub821vhW/8v6rDFbp"] [White "Introduction"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E01"] [Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Nazar1005"] [UTCDate "2017.06.23"] [UTCTime "06:28:10"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/Ub821vhW/8v6rDFbp"] [Orientation "white"] 1. g3 (1. d4 Nf6 (1... d5 { it can be played from Qweens Gambit } 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6) 2. c4 (2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. c4) 2... e6 3. g3 d5 { It is Catalan opening is positional and very energetic opening. It is very intresting opening I like play it because most people do not know the theory of these options and the frequencies for which you can punish them. The top players from all over the worls playing this opening with good resultes for white. } { [%cal Gf1g2] } 4. Bg2 { or Nf3 i will look at the both moves } (4. Nf3 { [%cal Gf1h3] })) 1... Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Bg2 *