Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Pseudo-Scandinavian
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1.e4c62.c4d53.exd5Qxd5
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Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Pseudo-Scandinavian356 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
89%31696%
6.2%2245%
3.4%1254%
0.8%333%
0.6%2100%
0.3%1100%
- Family
- Caro-Kann Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B10
- Line
- 1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5
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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