Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Prins Attack
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1.e4c62.d4d53.e5Bf54.b4
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Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Prins Attack28k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
89%24k52%
3.9%1.1k55%
2.1%57047%
1.4%38846%
1.1%30049%
1.1%29750%
0.4%11744%
0.4%11053%
0.3%8947%
0.3%8544%
Famous games in this line2 master games
Skorna, Ullrich (2378) – Siikaluoma, Auno (2271)Labahn, Wolfgang (2225) – Osinski, Jaroslaw (2308)Heroes of this opening Siikaluoma, Auno · Labahn, Wolfgang
- Family
- Caro-Kann Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B12
- Line
- 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. b4
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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