Chess: Understanding the Closed Catalan

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 Bb4+ 4 Bd2 Be7 5 g3 d5
6 Bg2 O-O 7 O-O c6 8 Bf4 Nbd7 9 Qc2 a5 10 Rd1
10 ... Nh5 11 Bc1 b5 12 cxd5 cxd5 13 e4 dxe4
14 Qxe4 Rb8 15 Qe2 Nhf6 16 Bf4 Rb6 17 Ne5 Nd5
18 Bxd5 exd5 19 Nc3 Nf6 20 Nxb5 Ba6 21 a4 Line



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Also available:
Chess: Understanding the Open Catalan Part I
http://chesscoach1950.blogspot.com/2006/07/chess-understanding-open-catalan-part.html
Chess: Understanding the Open Catalan Part II
http://chesscoach1950.blogspot.com/2006/09/chess-understanding-open-catalan-part.html
Chess: Understanding the Open Catalan Part III
http://chesscoach1950.blogspot.com/2006/09/chess-understanding-open-catalan-part_26.html

1 d4



1 ... Nf6



2 c4



2 ... e6



3 Nf3



3 ... Bb4+



4 Bd2



4 ... Be7



5 g3



5 ... d5



5 ... O-O

6 Bg2



6 Qb3
6 cxd5

6 ... O-O



6 ... c6
6 ... dxc4
6 ... Nbd7
6 ... b6
6 ... Ne4

7 O-O



7 Qc2
7 Qb3
7 Nc3
7 Bg5

7 ... c6



7 ... Nbd7
7 ... b6
7 ... dxc4
7 ... Ne4
7 ... Nc6

8 Bf4



8 Qc2
8 Qb3
8 b3
8 Nc3
8 a4

8 ... Nbd7



8 ... b6
8 ... dxc4
8 ... Nh5

9 Qc2



9 Nbd2
9 b3

9 ... a5



9 ... b6
9 ... Nh5
9 ... Ne4
9 ... b5

10 Rd1



10 Nbd2
10 b3

10 ... Nh5



10 ... a4
10 ... Ne4

11 Bc1



11 Bd2
11 b3

11 ... b5



11 ... Nhf6

12 cxd5



12 c5
12 Ne5

12 ... cxd5



13 e4



13 Ne5

13 ... dxe4



14 Qxe4



14 ... Rb8



15 Qe2



15 ... Nhf6



16 Bf4



16 ... Rb6



17 Ne5



17 ... Nd5



18 Bxd5



18 ... exd5



19 Nc3



19 ... Nf6



20 Nxb5



20 ... Ba6



21 a4



Kramnik-Topalov
World Championship Elista 2006, Game 10

By ChessCoach@care2.com

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