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Avoiding Open Catalan theory with 5.Qa4+

intermediate
Stjepan Tomic (Hanging Pawns)OpeningCatalan opening

Playing Qa4+ instead of Bg2 or Nf3, going into normal Open Catalans, avoids a ton of opening theory and is fairly easy to prepare. On the other hand, black should not have any issues and will mostly be able to equalize fairly easily.

Whole Catalan Opening playlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0mAzxJRHpk&list=PLssNbVBYrGcBwWsSqwig0dAymsPQd0dzy

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