Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Caro-Kann Defense: Labahn Attack, Double Gambit
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1.e4c62.b4d53.b5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Caro-Kann Defense: Labahn Attack, Double Gambit1.5k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
73%1.1k62%
6.6%9756%
6.5%9648%
6.3%9246%
2%2964%
1.4%2138%
1.2%1828%
0.7%1150%
0.7%1145%
0.7%1045%
- Family
- Caro-Kann Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B10
- Line
- 1. e4 c6 2. b4 d5 3. b5
GambitSolidAggressive
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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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