Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Van Weersel Attack
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1.e4c62.c4d53.cxd5cxd54.Qb3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Van Weersel Attack19k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
72%14k57%
12%2.4k50%
9.1%1.8k51%
3.2%62351%
0.9%16934%
0.8%14637%
0.4%7849%
0.3%6048%
0.3%5943%
0.3%5540%
- Family
- Caro-Kann Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B10
- Line
- 1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Qb3
SolidAggressive
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From the archives
Horatio Caro and Marcus Kann gave the defence its play in the 1880s; the joint name first appears in print in 1890. It became the fortress of positional world champions — Botvinnik took it into world-championship matches, and Petrosian and Karpov made careers of it. Its promise: the French's solidity WITHOUT burying the light-squared bishop, paid for with a tempo.
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