Practice the Catalan Opening in Open and Closed variations, plus two Anti-Catalan replies. Study 8 lines from our Catalan Opening guide, solve 16 exercises, then play six positions against the bot.
Eight lines, one at a time: five played as White and three met as Black. Work through the Open and Closed Catalan first, then the two Anti-Catalan move orders, the poisoned c4-pawn, and Black's c-file plan. The shared board provides the move-by-move context.
Keyboard: ← → step through the moves. Click any move chip to jump.
Where the moves come from: every line and position in this trainer comes from our Catalan guide. Its five Test Yourself boards carry the guide’s answers: Bxc6 (+0.13), Bd7 (-0.33), a4 (+0.55), Bd2 (+0.79), and e4 (+0.30).
Sixteen board decisions revisit the long diagonal, the c4-pawn, central breaks, and tactical c-file moments. Each line receives two drills; shuffled order makes the position—not a memorized sequence—do the teaching.
Keyboard: Enter next drill · H hint · R reset the position.
Pick one of six positions, set the bot from 600 to 3000, and play. The coach card speaks when the game reaches an Open or Closed Catalan decision, an Anti-Catalan, the a4 break, or the c-file tactic. Run the review when the game ends.
Six Catalan starting points: the main setup, the four book variations, and the poisoned c4-pawn position. Each gives both colors a mirrored, board-checkable target.
Three directions, each with a reason. Everything below links to a page that exists today.
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