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Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Open Variation
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1.e4c62.c4e5
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Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Open Variation199k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
44%88k51%
26%53k54%
16%32k49%
5.8%12k53%
2.6%5.2k52%
1.5%2.9k48%
1.2%2.3k50%
0.5%91847%
0.4%74847%
0.3%55646%
Famous games in this line1.2k master games
Svidler, Peter (2769) – Topalov, Veselin (2793)Jones, G. (2669) – Nakamura, Hi (2766)Kobalia, Mihail (2639) – Zvjaginsev, Vadim (2664)Navara, D. (2705) – Miton, K. (2597)Belov, Vladimir (2627) – Grachev, Boris (2669)Hamdouchi, Hicham (2602) – Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter (2689)Lenic, Luka (2613) – Grachev, Boris (2660)Zherebukh, Yaroslav (2632) – Miton, Kamil (2622)Heroes of this opening Svidler, Peter · Nakamura, Hi · Kobalia, Mihail · Zherebukh, Yaroslav
- Family
- Caro-Kann Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B10
- Line
- 1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5
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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