[Event "The Caro Kann Defence: Complete Repertoire: Introduction: - Caro Kann - Complete Repertoire - Author's Acknowledgement"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/MBQ3N0F8/LqSDmS4o"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Introduction:"]
[Black "Caro Kann - Complete Repertoire"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Shreksify"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation"]
[UTCDate "2022.11.09"]
[UTCTime "07:18:10"]
[Variant "Standard"]

1. e4 { Updated (Nov 11, 2022) "WHATS NEW"? (Added my extensive analysis on the Caro Kann, added new ideas, Expanded the theory and extensive games. Added more annotations on each parts of the opening series)
All thanks to @TheForkPower and @Fuxia for their contribution and work, without them, I could have never made such an excellent study. :D [%csl Ge4][%cal Ge2e4] } 1... c6 { The Caro Kann Defence is the most solid response against 1. e4. It has been played by many Chess legends such as Mikhail Tal, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Victor Korchnoi, and more! In this course you'll learn how to...
1. Take the initiative Against the Exchange Variation with the Improvised Grunfeld set up! (Against Bd3, c3, and (Nf3)
2. Learn how to tackle the Advance Variation with the Traditional Bf4 and Botvinnik-Carls via c5! (Short, Tal, Van Dier Wiel. Bayonet, etc)
3. Play against the Classical Variation (Four Option! Capablanca, Korchnoi, Bronstein-Larsen, Karpov Variation)
4. Swashbuckling system against the Two Knights Attack! (Four Options!, Tarkatower, Karpov, NEW VARIATIONS - Rozman, Dano-Russian)
5. Smash the Panov Botvinnik Attack with the Fianchetto Defence via g6! and the Classical Defence via e6!
6. Destroy the Anti-Caro Kann via Accelerated Panov Attack with the Modern Variation via Nf6!
7. Dismantle the Fantasy (Maróczy) Variation with the e6! and dxe4!
8. The rest of the Sidelines are also covered! (Breyer, KIA, Hilbilly, etc.) [%csl Gc6][%cal Gc7c6] } 2. d4 { [%csl Gd4][%cal Gd2d4] } ( 2. Nf3 { [%csl Gf3][%cal Gg1f3] } 2... d5 { [%csl Gd5][%cal Gd7d5] } 3. Nc3 { The Two Knights Variation The Two Knights Variation is a positional and
solid opening against the Caro Kann. White develops two pieces ahead of
black and is looking forward to an easy play. Since white has developed two pieces ahead of black, black should catch up in development right away.
Black has to take the pawn so white's knight would be forced to waste a tempo followed by Nbd7 to Nf6. Following the Caro Kann Karpov Variation. [%csl Gc3][%cal Gb1c3] } ) ( 2. Nc3 { [%csl Gc3][%cal Gb1c3] } 2... d5 { [%csl Gd5][%cal Gd7d5] } 3. Nf3 { he Two Knights Variation The Two Knights Variation is a positional and
solid opening against the Caro Kann. White develops two pieces ahead of
black and is looking forward to an easy play. Since white has developed two pieces ahead of black, black should catch up in development right away.
Black has to take the pawn so white's knight would be forced to waste a tempo followed by Nbd7 to Nf6. Following the Caro Kann Karpov Variation. [%csl Gf3][%cal Gg1f3] } ) 2... d5 { This is the beginning of the Caro Kann Defence. There are a couple of
main variations in this particular line. White has the option to exchange
pawns or advance the pawn forward. [%csl Gd5][%cal Gd7d5] } 3. e5 { [%csl Ge5][%cal Ge4e5] } ( 3. exd5 { White exchanges on d5, and black almost always responds with cxd5. This
forms opposite-wing majorities. This usually will lead into a
Panov-Botvinnik Attack, although independent lines can arise after 4.Bd3. [%csl Gd5][%cal Ge4d5] } 3... cxd5 { [%csl Gd5][%cal Gc6d5] } 4. c4 { This is the Panov Botvinnik Attack, the Panov Botvinnik Attack is a
dangerous opennig,it has that queen's gambit taste for e4 and d4 players.As
you may have noticed white is voluntarily offering black a deal of initiative. White swaps of pawns and makes the e4 pawn an isolated pawn. But
white is looking forward for an attack against black. White would really want black to play the Horwitz against the PBA (Panov Botvinnik Attack) [%csl Gc4][%cal Gc2c4] } ) ( 3. f3 { White bolsters his f3-pawn and hopes to obtain a full pawn centre should
Black take at e4. It has been used by Alexander Morozevich, the
second-highest ranked player in the world (July 2008), with success. It can lead to original positions or transpose into a mainline French Defence
with the moves: 3...e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. f4 c5. [%csl Gf3][%cal Gf2f3] } ) ( 3. Nc3 { The vast majority of times, black plays the solid 3...dxe4, one of the
most well-studied of the Caro-Kann lines. Black has alternatives to avoid
the weight of theory, although 3...e6, blocking the bishop, and effectively forming a French, with one tempo less, seems a dubious line. [%csl Ge4][%cal Gc3e4] } ) 3... Bf5 { [%csl Gf5][%cal Gc8f5] } *