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The Queen's Gambit & Catalan for Black Lasha Janjgava
Publisher: Gambit Publications

Open, Alekhine Variation; E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3; E05 Catalan, Open, Classical line; E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3; E07 Catalan, Closed, 6Nbd7; E08 Catalan, Closed, 7.Qc2; E09 Catalan, Closed, Main line; E10 Queen's Pawn Game 3. A50 Queen's Pawn Game, Black Knights' Tango; A51 Budapest Gambit declined; A52 Budapest Gambit; A53 Old Indian Defence (Chigorin Indian Defence); A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation; A55 Old Indian, Main line; A56 Benoni Defence .. Nf3 Nf6 I'm ready to play a King's Indian . Anand has an interesting development idea on the Black side of Ponomariov's Catalan. Nf3 I personally play Nf6 and leave almost all options open (except the Dutch Defense) but again, d5-e6 is a universal prescription, if you're not afraid to play the Black side of the Queen's Gambit. Grunfeld, Catalan (some lines), Pawn structure, kingside fianchetto. Aronian annexes a pawn in a Cambridge Springs Queen's Gambit, but Navara has compensation in his better development. Tom opened up the centre and his superior development was converted into a decisive material advantage making use of a nice cross-pin. On board 4, Frank Hoffmeister outplayed Johann VandenBusssche (1887) with White in a Catalan set-up. Tom Wiley on board 2 faced the Queen's gambit accepted from Stefan Bruynooghe (2072) with a somewhat unusual development of Black's bishop to d6. Although Chess Pub has Mind you, put the Catalan in with the Nimzos and then the Queen's Gambit folk will be the ones looking for a second section for the games that start 1. As a response to the Reti anyway. D4 you might want to go for the six-section option and get 1. Queen's Gambit Accepted, Petroff, Pawn structure, open game. D4 d5; King's Indian; Daring Defences; Nimzo & Benoni; one section for when you play Black against king's side openings and Flank Openings too, just to round things out. This is my preferred method of meeting it, but one also has to know the Black side of the Catalan fairly well so as not to get caught up in positions you do not know.