Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Caro-Kann Defense: Alien Gambit
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1.e4c62.d4d53.Nc3dxe44.Nxe4Nf65.Ng5h66.Nxf7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Caro-Kann Defense: Alien Gambit154k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
100%154k42%
0%4023%
0%3431%
0%2015%
0%2020%
0%1520%
0%130%
0%1010%
0%80%
0%60%
- Family
- Caro-Kann Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B15
- Line
- 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7
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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