Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Caro-Kann Defense: Masi Variation
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1.e4c62.d4Nf6
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Caro-Kann Defense: Masi Variation134k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
45%60k58%
35%46k56%
14%19k58%
2.1%2.8k57%
2.1%2.8k54%
0.8%1.1k50%
0.4%55851%
0.2%31544%
0.2%25248%
0.1%19150%
Famous games in this line21 master games
Polasek, Jaroslav (2292) – Antoniewski, Rafal (2497)Ricardi, Pablo (2480) – Bulcourf, Carlos (2295)Valerga, Diego (2496) – Bulcourf, Carlos (2274)Svoboda, Vaclav1 (2386) – Dolezal, Radoslav Jr (2374)Bronstein, Luis Marcos (2425) – Bulcourf, Carlos (2295)Gomez Baillo, Jorge H (2438) – Bulcourf, Carlos (2274)Garbarino, Rodolfo (2405) – Bulcourf, Carlos (2295)Szell, Lajos (2315) – Mozes, Ervin (2385)Heroes of this opening Polasek, Jaroslav · Ricardi, Pablo · Valerga, Diego · Bronstein, Luis Marcos
- Family
- Caro-Kann Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B12
- Line
- 1. e4 c6 2. d4 Nf6
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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