The Closed Catalan Opening | Basic Plans, Ideas & Strategies | Chess Openings | IM Andrey Ostrovskiy

👉 Want to improve in chess? Check out our free website: https://www.chessfactor.com 👉 Support the channel with a donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s... In this video, IM Andrey Ostrovskiy is sharing with you some of the major ideas and plans in the Catalan Opening as well as some critical lines of the Closed Catalan. The main focus of this video is on the basic ideas, strategies and plans for both sides in the different lines. The Catalan Opening may arise from different openings and it can start for example with the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3. 24:48 - Exercise part — ⭐️ Social Media Links: Twitter:   / chessfactor   Facebook:   / chessfactorofficial   Lichess: https://lichess.org/@/chessfactor Twitch:   / chessfactor   — ♛ Chess Set Links: ➡️ Green chess set: https://www.bestchesssetever.com/coll... ➡️ Wooden chess set: https://www.chessware.de/Schachfigure... — #Chess #Chessfactor #CatalanOpening #ChessOpening #4K