Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Variation
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1.e4c62.d3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Variation2.8M games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
91%2.6M50%
3.9%109k50%
1.8%50k48%
1.1%30k50%
1%28k48%
0.2%6.6k49%
0.2%6.2k49%
0.2%5.5k47%
0.2%4.8k44%
0.2%4.6k49%
Famous games in this line2.6k master games
Carlsen, M. (2832) – So, W. (2815)Yu Yangyi (2752) – Ding Liren (2805)Giri, A. (2779) – Nepomniachtchi, I. (2774)Kramnik, Vladimir (2799) – Leko, Peter (2753)Yu Yangyi (2752) – Karjakin, Sergey (2750)Kamsky, Gata (2741) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2757)Mamedyarov, S. (2757) – Tomashevsky, E. (2714)Harikrishna, P. (2706) – Vachier Lagrave, M. (2745)Heroes of this opening Carlsen, M. · Karjakin, Sergey · Mamedyarov, S.
- Family
- Caro-Kann Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B10
- Line
- 1. e4 c6 2. d3
Solid
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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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