The Caro–Kann is a common defence against the King’s Pawn Opening. It is classified as a Semi-Open Game, like the Sicilian Defence and French Defence, although it is thought to be more solid and less dynamic than either of those openings. It often leads to good endgames for Black, who has the better pawn structure. It allows Black to circumvent enormous bodies of theory in 1.e4 openings such as the Ruy Lopez and the Sicilian Defence.
Unlike its sister opening, the French Defence, the Caro–Kann does not hinder the development of Black’s light-squared bishop. However, it comes at the cost of a tempo because Black has to play 1…c6 before pushing the pawn to c5, whereas Black can push c7–c5 in one move in the French Defence. White can combat the Caro–Kann in several different ways, often gaining a space advantage; additionally, Black has less mobility and can lag in development.
[Event “CCRL Blitz”]
[Site “CCRL”]
[Date “2022.08.25”]
[Round “655.5.877”]
[White “Stockfish 15 64-bit 8CPU”]
[Black “Revenge 3.0 64-bit 8CPU”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “3745”]
[BlackElo “3651”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “B12”]
[Opening “Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation”]
[Termination “Unknown”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. e4 c6?! { (0.00 → 0.56) Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } (1… e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3) 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 { B12 Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation } e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O a6 9. g4 Bg6 10. f4 Nbc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. Ba7 Ra8 14. Be3 Rb8 15. c4 d4 16. Bf2 c5 17. Bf3 Qd7 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 g6 20. Qf3 Bg7 21. Qa3 Qa7 22. Qa4+ Kf8 23. Rab1 g5 24. b4 gxf4 25. bxc5 Bxe5 26. c6 Qc5 27. Rb7 h5 28. g5 Bd6 29. Qxa6 Qxg5+ 30. Kh1 Qe5 31. Bf3 Nf5 32. Re1 Ne3 33. Rg1 Rxb7 34. cxb7 Ng4 35. Bh4 d3 36. h3 d2 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. b8=R+ Bxb8 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Rxg4+ Kh6 41. Qd7 Qd6 42. Qxd6 Bxd6 43. Rg2 Bb4 44. Kg1 Rc8 45. Bg5+ Kh7 46. Bxf4 Rxc4 47. Bxd2 Bxd2 48. Rxd2 Kg6 49. Bd1 Rc3 50. Bb3 Kf6 51. Kf2 Ke5 52. Rd7 f5 53. Rd2 Rc6 54. Re2+ Kf6 55. a4 Ra6 56. Ra2 Ra5 57. Ke3 e5 58. Kd3 Kg5 59. Bc4 Kg4 60. Bb5 Kf3 61. Ra1 Kf2 62. Kc4 Ra7 63. a5 f4 64. Bc6 Rc7 65. Kb5 Re7 66. a6 e4 { White wins. } 1-0
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