Roman's Labs Chess: The Dynamic Catalan Chess Opening Roman's Labs Chess: The Dynamic Catalan Chess Opening The Catalan is a sophisticated positional chess opening that gives White great winning chances. White plays 1.d4, 2.c4 - and then fianchettoes the King's Bishop on g2. If you like playing an opening that gives active play, the Catalan chess opening is for you. Art of War by Sun Tzu, completely re-mastered for the 21st century by ChessCentral.