Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Caro-Kann Defense: Dinic Gambit
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1.e4c62.Nf3d53.d3dxe44.Ng5
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Caro-Kann Defense: Dinic Gambit475k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
53%252k27%
31%148k46%
4.9%23k52%
3.6%17k49%
1.8%8.6k51%
1.1%5.1k47%
0.8%3.8k45%
0.8%3.6k43%
0.6%2.9k42%
0.4%2.1k50%
Famous games in this line6 master games
Droin, Augustin (2480) – Makkar, Rajat (2396)Dinic, Dragan (2280) – Todorovic, Bojan (2355)Dinic, Dragan (2235) – Ljubinkovic, Miodrag (2365)Dinic, Dragan (2330) – Komnenic, Branko (2211)Bernardi, R. (2102) – Barp, Alberto (2413)Galuszka, Tomasz (2157) – Szotkowski, J. (2342)Heroes of this opening Dinic, Dragan · Barp, Alberto
- Family
- Caro-Kann Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B10
- Line
- 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. Ng5
GambitSolid
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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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