E04 is the opening Catalan Opening: Open Defense of the volume E · Indian defences: 9 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 3 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
3,675 games in the collections, from 1928 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2490.
White wins 33 %, draws 44 %, Black wins 23 %
Most games: Sosonko, Gennadi (42), Inkiov, Ventzislav (39), Sokolov, Andrei (38), Beliavsky, Alexander G (36), Gleizerov, Evgeny (36)
All 3 variations
- Catalan Opening: Open Defense 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.♗g2 dxc4 5.♘f3
- Catalan Opening: Open Defense 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 d5 4.g3 c6 5.♗g2 dxc4
- Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Modern Sharp Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.♗g2 dxc4 5.♘f3 ♘c6 6.♕a4 ♗b4+