E05 is the opening Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line of the volume E · Indian defences: 10 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 2 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
3,173 games in the collections, from 1900 to 2014. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2455.
White wins 33 %, draws 52 %, Black wins 15 %
Most games: Pigusov, Evgeny (48), Beliavsky, Alexander G (44), Ribli, Zoltan (43), Karpov, Anatoly (39), Geller, Efim P (36)
All 2 variations
- Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.♗g2 dxc4 5.♘f3 ♗e7
- Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘f3 d5 4.g3 ♗e7 5.♗g2 O-O 6.O-O dxc4