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    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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    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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    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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