Caro-Kann Defense

Black answers 1. e4 with c6, preparing d5. The aim is a solid pawn center without blocking the light-squared bishop the way the French does. After 2. d4 d5, White chooses whether to push, take, or defend the e-pawn. The Alien Gambit is one sharp sideline stored with these lines.

110 lines in the book · ECO B10 to B19

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Caro-Kann Defense

Play the next move in the line.

  1. e4
  2. c6

Move by move

  1. White pawn moves from e2 to e4.
  2. Black pawn moves from c7 to c6.

Variations

Accelerated Panov Attack6 lines · B10Apocalypse Attack1 lines · B10Breyer Variation2 lines · B10Dinic Gambit1 lines · B10Endgame Offer1 lines · B10Endgame Variation1 lines · B10Euwe Attack1 lines · B10Goldman Variation1 lines · B10Hector Gambit1 lines · B10Hillbilly Attack2 lines · B10Labahn Attack3 lines · B10Scorpion-Horus Gambit1 lines · B10Spike Variation2 lines · B10St. Patrick's Attack1 lines · B10Toikkanen Gambit1 lines · B10Two Knights Attack4 lines · B10 to B11Advance Variation10 lines · B12Advance1 lines · B12De Bruycker Defense2 lines · B12Edinburgh Variation1 lines · B12Maróczy Variation2 lines · B12Masi Variation1 lines · B12Massachusetts Defense1 lines · B12Mieses Attack1 lines · B12Mieses Gambit1 lines · B12Modern Variation1 lines · B12Ulysses Gambit1 lines · B12Exchange Variation6 lines · B13Panov Attack15 lines · B13 to B14Panov-Botvinnik1 lines · B13Alekhine Gambit1 lines · B15Alien Gambit1 lines · B15Campomanes Attack1 lines · B15Forgacs Variation1 lines · B15Gurgenidze Counterattack1 lines · B15Gurgenidze System1 lines · B15Main Line1 lines · B15Rasa-Studier Gambit1 lines · B15Tartakower Variation2 lines · B15von Hennig Gambit1 lines · B15Bronstein-Larsen Variation1 lines · B16Finnish Variation1 lines · B16Karpov Variation8 lines · B17Classical Variation8 lines · B18 to B19Martian Gambit1 lines · B18

Named gambits and traps

17 lines in this family have "gambit" or "trap" in the name. The list shows 17.