Caro-Kann Defense
A rock-solid answer to e4: support d5 with c6 and get your bishop out before e6.
Basics: the first moves of the Caro-Kann
Support d5 with c6. The Caro-Kann secret: your light-squared bishop gets out before you play e6.
- The first two moves: c6 and d52 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
If White pushes the pawn to e5 (Advance Variation)
White gains space with e5. Bring your bishop to f5, play e6, then attack the base of the pawn chain, d4, with c5.
- Bishop out, then e6 and c53 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- Pressure on d4: knights to c6 and e73 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- If White attacks with g43 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- If the h-pawn comes too: stop it with h51 neuer Zug🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- If White offers a bishop trade3 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
If White plays the knight to c3 or d2 (Classical Variation)
Take on e4 and bring the bishop to f5. Against the h-pawn attack make an escape square with h6; trade bishops, then e6, knight f6, bishop e7 and castle.
- Take on e4, bishop to f53 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- Against the h-pawn attack3 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- Trade bishops, finish your development4 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- Knight to d2: same plan1 neuer Zug🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
If White trades on d5 (Exchange and Panov)
Recapture with the c-pawn and develop the knights to c6 and f6. In the Panov stay solid with e6 and bishop e7; the isolated d4 pawn is your target.
- Recapture with the c-pawn and develop3 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- Bishop to g4; if the queen comes to b32 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- If White plays c4 (Panov Attack)4 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
If White doesn't play d4 on move two
Same spirit: strike the center with d5, develop your bishop and build a solid pawn center.
- Knight to c3 (Two Knights Variation)4 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- If White plays quietly with d33 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion
- If White plays c4 on move two3 neue Züge🔒 Beende zuerst die vorige Lektion