Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov-Botvinnik, Herzog Defense
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1.e4c62.d4d53.exd5cxd54.c4Nf65.Nc3Nc66.Bg5dxc47.d5Na5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov-Botvinnik, Herzog Defense800 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
37%29851%
33%26549%
10%8142%
6.5%5244%
5.9%4754%
5.1%4132%
0.5%450%
0.5%475%
0.3%250%
0.3%20%
Famous games in this line45 master games
Hector, Jonny (2525) – Nielsen, Peter Heine (2530)Guðmundsson, Elvar (2497) – Goncharenko, Georgy (2498)Schuster, Peter (2441) – Bergmann, Michael (2509)Grabarczyk, Bogdan (2464) – Czakon, Jakub (2461)Hendriks, W. (2439) – Pijpers, A. (2479)Hunt, Adam (2437) – Almagro Llamas, Pablo (2466)Bindrich, Falko (2523) – Antipov, Mikhail Al (2379)Pelletier, Y. (2578) – Lim Yee Weng (2311)Heroes of this opening Grabarczyk, Bogdan · Pijpers, A. · Hunt, Adam · Lim Yee Weng
- Family
- Caro-Kann Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B13
- Line
- 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. d5 Na5
SharpSolid
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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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