Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Caro-Kann Defense: Spike Variation
3/3
1.e4c62.g4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Caro-Kann Defense: Spike Variation16k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
87%14k54%
4.4%70755%
2.3%36752%
1.9%30055%
1.2%18653%
0.8%12750%
0.3%5456%
0.3%5043%
0.3%4655%
0.3%4244%
- Family
- Caro-Kann Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B10
- Line
- 1. e4 c6 2. g4
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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