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A secret weapon with 1.d4

A secret weapon with 1.d4

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samarjithbiju
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Hello everyone.
Today we are going the see the Catalan in 1.d4
This is a very exciting opening 
It has been played a lot by Russian World Champion Vladimir Kramnik

So we start off with 1.d4

Then we play c4 and black responds with e6
Black if he is only prepared for the Nimzo-Indian and the east Indian might get caught off guard as we are going to play the Catalan with g3

Our idea is to play bg2 , nf3 and 0-0, Now lets see the mainline


One of the famous games played with the catalan:

If you have any doubt, ask in the comments

Thanks

@saipranav1

@samarjithbiju