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Two Knights CK Looking for some information/lines on the Two Knights variation against the CK. I have had a lot of trouble with the CK and want something that is a little off beat, but not a wild gambit. If you h... Started 07/25/11 at 14:58:31 by walkingterrapin	11	8439	04/19/25 at 11:35:55 By: CheckMate
Popularity trends of Caro Kann lines across decade Hi, I was curious to see how the popularity of various Caro-Kann lines developed over the decades. I used a Chessbase Live database as source for some statistics trying to take care of transposit... Started 02/16/24 at 22:34:22 by CapaCat63	1	3800	02/17/24 at 17:59:44 By: FreeRepublic
Squeezing the Caro-Kann Squeezing the Caro-Kann — Simple Chess by Alexander Khalifman and Sergei Soloviov Chess Stars Ltd Sofia, 252 pages, January 15th 2022 On their homepage there‘s now a preview (only bibliography ... Started 12/18/21 at 10:45:34 by tracke	1	2626	12/18/21 at 12:39:00 By: bragesjo
Depressing new system (1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3) 3.d3 de 4.de Qd1 5.Kd1 Somehow everything looks good for white Started 05/24/21 at 16:53:03 by adal	6	4827	05/25/21 at 05:18:56 By: an ordinary chessplayer
Bologon on the Caro-Kann The follow up to Bologon’s Kings Indian and Bologon’s Ruy Lopez/Open Games, it seems we now have Bologon’s Caro-Kann to look forward to next year! Started 12/18/17 at 10:43:17 by najdorfslayer	13	14962	07/01/20 at 02:03:38 By: HgMan
Apocalypse attack part 2 Here's another interesting game with an early Ne5 by White. [pgn][Event "Caro-Kann defense Apocalypse attack"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.09.13"] [Round "?"] [White "White"] [B...\|/pgn] Started 10/06/16 at 05:40:49 by Mark L	0	2222	10/06/16 at 05:40:49 By: Mark L
6.N1e2 any good against the Kann? Have a importen game comeing up against the Kann Want too get him out of book and try too outpaly him A IM gave this line too me 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. ... Started 01/08/15 at 19:55:10 by Woodmover	7	5670	04/02/15 at 12:28:30 By: MWP
Strange Caro-Kahn. Hi! It's my first post here.Sorry for my very bad English ^( (I am from Russia)I`m 2100 player. Tomorrow I`ll play against Caro player.He usually plays very strange variation 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc... Started 01/07/11 at 19:31:09 by zvonok (Ex Member)	2	3290	07/08/14 at 12:58:54 By: GMTonyKosten
Not playing ...c5 in the Classical Caro In the classical caro, Black aims to plays ..c5. Sometimes it is not appropriate, and I can think of two scenarios why: (i) if Black has played Bg4xNf3 then ...c5 liberates the position for Whit... Started 02/03/14 at 09:00:40 by lnn2	2	2840	02/09/14 at 09:09:31 By: lnn2
B12: Is this gambit in the Fantasy Variation new? Here in a transposition to the Fantasy Variation careless move order gives White a good game i.e. 1.e4 e6 2.c4 c6?! (d5) 3.d4 d5 4.f3! & this gambit seems to give White a good game e.g. 4...dxe4 5.Nc3... Started 07/31/12 at 19:08:54 by sloughter	12	11836	08/02/12 at 13:24:32 By: sloughter
Adams-Houska, 2007 (2.c4 Caro Kann) Hello, i was analysing this game for Black and i think that this is a quite viable arpoach for to meet 2.c4. I'd like to know if my analysis can be corrected my any other source because i did this on ... Started 03/02/10 at 00:28:32 by Ametanoitos	4	4281	03/02/10 at 22:49:20 By: Ametanoitos
Serendipity in the Caro Kann Advance ? Hi ChessPubbers, In a recent rapidplay I was white. The game started- 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 Knowing no better, and thinking I might sac some pawns t... Started 06/07/09 at 00:03:10 by DarkHorse	2	2086	06/08/09 at 23:24:16 By: DarkHorse
Best book to learn to play Caro Kann So far I have been playing the French. But I found that now everybody is waiting for my french so I have a hard time in every game. I am trying to learn the caro to add to my repertory. I am 1900 play... Started 05/05/09 at 17:21:58 by Pingudon	9	9974	05/16/09 at 21:24:47 By: Scott
Caro-Kann Exchange Variation Hi all, this is my first post here. I have a question regarding a certain position in the Caro-Kann exchange variation - I have some thoughts on various plans in this position and I wondered if anybod... Started 01/17/09 at 19:04:32 by agentreno	1	2470	01/20/09 at 12:40:25 By: agentreno
Panov question After 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Bg5 Be6 I usually play 8.a3, following Kasparov. But I wonder what is best after 8...g6. The structure after Bxf6,exf6,c4-c5 is supposed to be good for white acc... Started 12/01/08 at 12:38:11 by Strategy_Rules	2	2130	12/16/08 at 17:33:41 By: Strategy_Rules
My Best Games in the Caro Kann Defence-Shirov This new DVD coming soon. It seems it will be all on the advance variation. The Caro-Kann Defence, which arises after the moves 1.e4 c6 followed by 2...d7-d5, is considered one of the most soli... Started 06/01/07 at 12:20:38 by Mortal Games	0	1589	06/01/07 at 12:20:37 By: Mortal Games
New style Caro-Kann eBook The new playable Caro-Kann eBook is ready to be downloaded from the usual place: http://www.chesspublishing.com/p/6/cbebooks.htm Who says John Watson wasn't going to write a CK book? Started 05/13/07 at 20:34:52 by GMTonyKosten	1	7382	05/16/07 at 13:22:15 By: Paddy
Panov-Botvinnik transpositional tool Is there anything wrong with Black transposing from the Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik attack to the "Karpov Variation" (not sure if there's a better name) of the Nimzo-Indian? I mean: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4... Started 04/30/07 at 20:04:14 by ErictheRed	2	1907	04/30/07 at 20:13:45 By: MarinFan
Caro Exchange So, 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 exd5! I've always had good results, but people always seem to bad-mouth it. Why? It's more dynamic than the French exchange, but far less popular... What does ev... Started 01/26/06 at 02:19:35 by nexirae	9	5568	05/30/06 at 05:58:28 By: 8arms
Looking for Caro ...Nh6 Variation Info I saw part of a Caro-Kann Exchange game a few years back where Black played ...g6, ...Nh6, ...Bg6, and ...f6 with, I think, the idea of getting in a favorable ...e5. Does anyone here recognize the li... Started 03/09/06 at 23:33:28 by dsanchez	1	1769	03/10/06 at 17:47:13 By: dsanchez

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