Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Caro-Kann Defense: Spike Variation, Scorpion-Grob Gambit
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1.e4c62.g4d53.Nc3dxe44.d3
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Caro-Kann Defense: Spike Variation, Scorpion-Grob Gambit501 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
85%42848%
8.6%4333%
2.8%1479%
1.8%933%
0.4%250%
0.4%250%
0.2%150%
0.2%10%
0.2%10%
- Family
- Caro-Kann Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B10
- Line
- 1. e4 c6 2. g4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. d3
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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