Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Caro-Kann Defense: Campomanes Attack
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1.e4c62.d4d53.Nc3Nf6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Caro-Kann Defense: Campomanes Attack921k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
73%675k57%
7.6%70k54%
7.5%69k49%
4%37k55%
3.4%32k52%
1.5%14k54%
1.2%11k46%
0.4%4.1k49%
0.2%1.9k53%
0.2%1.7k49%
Famous games in this line9 master games
Guliyev, Namig (2507) – Chabanon, Jean Luc (2471)Bobras, Piotr (2563) – Petran, Peter (2342)Dranov, Aleksandar (2435) – Buecker, Stefan (2350)Sivokho, Sergey (2435) – Nikolaev, Nikita (2329)Jovanovic, Zoran2 (2407) – Mladenovic, Velisa (2287)Saric, Sinisa (2310) – Kapelan, Milorad (2323)Pheby, Ian M. (2392) – Burmeister, Ferdinand (2199)Brzeszkiewicz, Edmund (2257) – Ackermann, Emil (2319)Heroes of this opening Chabanon, Jean Luc · Petran, Peter · Dranov, Aleksandar · Sivokho, Sergey
- Family
- Caro-Kann Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B15
- Line
- 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6
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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