Avoiding Open Catalan theory with 5.Qa4+
intermediate
Stjepan Tomic (Hanging Pawns)OpeningCatalan openingPlaying 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.
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