Closed Catalan
Catalan Opening · E08 · you play White. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O
About the Closed Catalan
In the Closed Catalan Black keeps the pawn on d5 and plays ...Nbd7, ...c6 and ...b6. White prepares e4 with Qc2 and Nbd2, and the opening of the long diagonal is the main theme. The play is slow and strategic.
As White you reach the Closed Catalan after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7. It belongs to the Catalan Opening (E08), which has 3 lines on this site. Learn the Closed Catalan move by move, then play it against the computer until the book moves come automatically. Below the board you find middlegame plans for the Closed Catalan, common endgames and games by strong players, so you know what to do once the theory ends. Use it to build your opening repertoire for White, and test what you remember with speed training or the random-position drill.