[Event "Study the Caro-Kann: The Accelerated Panov-Botvinnik Attack"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/JgYRYH3Q/tVXExzZb"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Northern05"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Modern Variation"]
[UTCDate "2020.07.12"]
[UTCTime "07:47:51"]
[Variant "Standard"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 { Here the game enters the accelerated Panov-Botvinnik Attack } 2... d5 { Entering the Mainline. The goal with this move is to prevent a Maróczy bind on White's side and opens for the c8 bishop. } ( 2... e5 { Called the open variation, but it will lead to a very closed position. } 3. Nf3 { Preparing a Maróczy bind. [%cal Gf3e5,Gd2d4] } ( 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nxe5 ( 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nxd2 7. Bxd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 exd4 9. Nxd4 d6 10. O-O O-O $10 { White is ahead in development, but Black has one more pawn. Black should use it's extra pawn in the centre for an attack. } ) 5... Bb4+ 6. Nd2 Bxd2+ ( 6... O-O 7. Be2 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Qb6 9. Bc1 Qb4+ 10. Kf1 d6 11. Nf3 d5 $10 ) 7. Bxd2 O-O 8. Be2 Qb6 9. Bc1 Qb4+ 10. Kf1 d6 11. Nf3 d5 $10 ) ( 3. Nc3 ) 3... Nf6 $132 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6 $10 ) ( 2... g6 $6 { I'm unsure about this move, but it's similar to the Modern Defense. [%cal Gf8g7,Gg7a1] } 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg7 ) ( 2... e6 { This move is played by Petrosian and others. } 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 { Transposing into the Marshall Gambit. } ( 4. exd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 { Transposing into the Panov Attack/Exchange Variation. } ) ( 4. e5 c5 { Transposing into the Advance Variation. } ) ) 3. cxd5 ( 3. exd5 { A solid and strong possibility. } 3... cxd5 4. cxd5 ( 4. d4 { Transposing into the regular Panov-Botvinnik Attack. } ) 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 ( 5. Bb5+ ) 5... Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 ) ( 3. e5 { Toikkanen Gambit } 3... dxc4 { The best move, but rarely played. } ( 3... d4 $6 { A interesting move, which will lead to a very unique position. } ) ( 3... Bf5 { The most common response. } 4. Qb3 { Attacking b7 and protecting the c3 pawn. [%cal Gb3c4,Gb3b7] } ( 4. d4 { Transposing the game into the Advanced Variation } ) ) ( 3... e6 { Hindering white to play e6. } 4. cxd5 exd5 ) ( 3... Be6 { Short, N. - Sundararajan, K., 1/2-1/2, 19th Kolkata GM Open 2014, https://lichess.org/QWhv2MMh } ) 4. Bxc4 ( 4. Nf3 ) 4... Qd4 5. Qe2 { The only good move. } 5... Bg4 6. f3 Bf5 7. e6 $1 Bxe6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Qxe6 { Preparing the move Qc8, attacking the king and the b7 pawn. [%cal Ge6c8,Gc8b7,Gc8e8] } ( 9. f4 { According to stockfish this is the best move. } ) 9... Na6 10. Ne2 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qf6 12. Qe3 { ... } ) 3... cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 { Now it enters the accelerated Panov-Botvinnik Attack Modern Variation. } ( 4... Qxd5 { A not so good option, which is very similar to the Scandinavian. } 5. Nc3 Qd6 ) 5. Nc3 ( 5. Bb5+ Bd7 ( 5... Nbd7 ) 6. Bc4 b5 $1 7. Bb3 a5 ( 7... Bg4 8. Nf3 a5 ) 8. a3 Na6 9. d4 Nc7 { White cannot any longer protect the d5 pawn and should thus focus on development [%cal Gc7d5,Gf6d5] } 10. Nf3 $146 Ncxd5 ) ( 5. Qa4+ { Making it harder to recapture the d5 pawn. [%csl Gd7][%cal Gd8d5,Gf6d5] } 5... Nbd7 { [%cal Gd7b6] } ( 5... Bd7 6. Qb3 ) 6. Nc3 g6 { Preparing the development of the f8 bishop, since with the pawn sitting on d5 other moves to open the bishop are not good. [%csl Gf8,Gd5,Ge7] } 7. Nf3 Bg7 { If black continues to play similar to the regular Fianchetto Panov, then the pawn will be taken back at some point. } 8. Bc4 a6 9. d3 O-O 10. Qa3 ) 5... Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 ( 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 ) 7... g6 $1 ( 7... e6 { A more passive move. } ) *