As Black

Caro-Kann Defence · Advanced

A solid defence against 1.e4: c6 and d5 to contest the centre, and the light-squared bishop comes out before e6 locks it in.

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Lines

1. Two Knights Attack · 4...Nf6 5.Nxf6+

   1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.d4 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O

2. Exchange Variation, Rubinstein Variation

   1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nd2 e6 9.Ngf3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rae1 Bxf3

3. Two Knights Attack · 4...Nf6 5.Ng3

   1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Ng3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3

4. Two Knights Attack · 4...Nf6 5.Qe2

   1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Nxe4 6.Qxe4 Nd7 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.Ne5 e6 9.Qe2 Bd6 10.d4 O-O 11.O-O Qc7

5. Advance Variation

   1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Bd3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 e6 6.f4 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.Nf3 Qb6 9.O-O cxd4

6. Exchange Variation · 4...Nc6 5.c3

   1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6

7. Exchange Variation · 4...Nc6 5.Bb5

   1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bg4 6.O-O e6

8. Main Line

   1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Ng3 Bg4 6.Nf3 e6 7.Be2 Bd6

9. 2...d5 3.exd5

   1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.c3 e6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Nbd2 O-O

10. Advance Variation, Short Variation

    1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.O-O cxd4