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jeupham Full Member Offline I love ChessPublishing .com! Posts: 102 Location: Cove, Hampshire Joined: 12/04/04 Gender:	Re: Careo-Kann classical - white 6th move Reply #1 - 07/01/07 at 15:12:15	Post Tools	Print Post
	The idea of h4 (Spassky) is to soften up Black's king side in the event of a White pawn storm on the King side rather than just chase the bishop around : that is a tempo gain bonus! Once Black has fended off the attack then the h5 pawn can often be a weakness in the ending for White but also Black should avoid any endgames with dark squared bishop versus dark squared bishop. The g7 pawn can be a real liability in this situation. I would recommend "Play the Caro-Kann" by Houska which is excellent in its coverage of ideas. John


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thibdb13 God Member Offline Tal was the best Posts: 974 Location: Mechelen Joined: 01/25/07 Gender:	Careo-Kann classical - white 6th move 07/01/07 at 14:57:04	Post Tools	Print Post
	I am now switching for d4 to e4 and I'd like to know why is 6.h4 more popular than 6. Bc4 in the classical Caro-Kann? Both seem very agressive to me but my first impression is that h4 weakens white K-side. (1.e4-c6 2.d4-d5 3.Nd2-de4 4.Ne4-Bf5 5.Ng3-Bg6) Position after 6.Bc4: http://www.france-echecs.com/diagramme/imgboard.phpfen=rn1qkbnr/pp2pppp/2p3b1/8/... And after 6.h4 http://www.france-echecs.com/diagramme/imgboard.phpfen=rn1qkbnr/pp2pppp/2p3b1/8/...

	Yusupov once said that “The problem with the Dutch Defence is that later in many positions the best move would be ...f5-f7” but he is surely wrong.
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