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The Catalan opening.

According to MCO-14 (p. 509, second paragraph), the organisers of the 1929 Barcelona Tournament asked Tartakower to invent a variation and name it after that region.

If this is true, it is most interesting chess history: an opening - like a dish - invented on request!

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Contributors : Dirk Jan Van Dijl, Normajean Yates



[ECO "E00"] [Opening "Catalan Opening"]


d5 : 286 games, White ELO av : 2050, Black ELO av : 2050
    1-0 : 29.3%  ,   1/2-1/2 : 51.8%  ,   0-1 : 18.8%

c5 : 74 games, White ELO av : 1954, Black ELO av : 1936
    1-0 : 40.5%  ,   1/2-1/2 : 29.7%  ,   0-1 : 29.7%

Bb4+ : 54 games, White ELO av : 1893, Black ELO av : 1879
    1-0 : 45.3%  ,   1/2-1/2 : 30.2%  ,   0-1 : 24.5%

Nc6 : 6 games, White ELO av : 1598, Black ELO av : 1303
    1-0 : 16.7%  ,   1/2-1/2 : 16.7%  ,   0-1 : 66.7%

Be7 : 5 games, White ELO av : 2075, Black ELO av : 1884
    1-0 : 80%  ,   1/2-1/2 : 20%  ,   0-1 : 0%

a6 : 2 games, White ELO av : 2097, Black ELO av : 2203
    1-0 : 50%  ,   1/2-1/2 : 50%  ,   0-1 : 0%

b6 : 2 games, White ELO av : 1492, Black ELO av : 1521
    1-0 : 0%  ,   1/2-1/2 : 0%  ,   0-1 : 100%

c6 : 2 games, White ELO av : 1139, Black ELO av : 835
    1-0 : 50%  ,   1/2-1/2 : 0%  ,   0-1 : 50%

e5 : 1 game, White ELO av : 1780, Black ELO av : 1934
    1-0 : 100%  ,   1/2-1/2 : 0%  ,   0-1 : 0%

g6 : 1 game, White ELO av : 1996, Black ELO av : 1950
    1-0 : 100%  ,   1/2-1/2 : 0%  ,   0-1 : 0%



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