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Complete Catalan II Summary

This document provides a summary of FM Viktor Neustroev's guide to playing the Catalan Opening for White. It outlines 22 lectures covering different move orders and variations within the opening, including analyses of specific games to illustrate the main ideas. Grandmasters like Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov, and Vladimir Kramnik have all employed the Catalan. The lectures are divided into 5 sections covering the main moves Black can make on moves 5-7 and providing opening theory and annotated games.

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Complete Catalan II Summary

This document provides a summary of FM Viktor Neustroev's guide to playing the Catalan Opening for White. It outlines 22 lectures covering different move orders and variations within the opening, including analyses of specific games to illustrate the main ideas. Grandmasters like Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov, and Vladimir Kramnik have all employed the Catalan. The lectures are divided into 5 sections covering the main moves Black can make on moves 5-7 and providing opening theory and annotated games.

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How To Play Catalan Opening For White

(part 2)

by FM Viktor Neustroev
Catalan Opening
Begins with the move order:
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4
5. Bg2

Was played by: Magnus Carlsen,


Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik,
Boris Gelfand, Anish Giri, Fabiano
Caruana, Vishi Anand, Wesley So,
Ding Liren, Hikaru Nakamura,
Shakhriyar Mamedjarov and many
others
Section 1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. Ne5

Lecture 2. Main lines

Lecture 3. Game analysis.


Grischuk - Kramnik, 2014

Lecture 4. Game analysis.


Svane - Harikrishna, 2016

Lecture 5. Game analysis.


Georgiev - Hammer, 2012
Section 2. Other black moves
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 (5...Nbd7, 5...Bb4+, 5...b5)

Lecture 6. Main lines

Lecture 7. Game analysis.


Eljanov - Adly, 2018

Lecture 8. Game analysis.


Anand - Topalov, 2010

Lecture 9. Game analysis.


Giri - Morozevich, 2012
Section 3
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6

Lecture 10. Main lines

Lecture 11. Game analysis.


Georgiev - Fenollar, 2013

Lecture 12. Game analysis.


Gleizerov - Serikbaev, 2013

Lecture 13. Game analysis.


Miroshnichenko - Gavrilov, 2008
Section 4. Bb4 check
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nbd2 (5. Bd2)

Lecture 14. Main lines

Lecture 15. Game analysis.


Harikrishna - Le Quang Liem, 2017

Lecture 16. Game analysis.


Li Chao - Mamedjarov, 2016

Lecture 17. Game analysis.


Gelfand - Wojtaszek, 2015
Section 5. Closed Variation
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. Qc2 b6

Lecture 18. Main lines

Lecture 19. Harikrishna - Vocaturo,


2012

Lecture 20. Game analysis.


Mareco - Kovalyov, 2015

Lecture 21. Game analysis.


Mamedjarov - Vitiugov, 2017

Lecture 22. Summary

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