[Event "The Caro Kann Defence: Complete Repertoire: DO's and DON'TS - White's Perspective - Middlegame Plan #8"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/ZziYzSGs/Lfu91DN2"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Do's and Don'ts - White's Perspective"]
[Black "Middlegame Plan #8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/ShreksGonGiveItToYa"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation"]
[UTCDate "2022.11.09"]
[UTCTime "07:18:10"]
[Variant "Standard"]

1. e4 { [%csl Ge4][%cal Ge2e4] } 1... c6 { [%csl Gc6][%cal Gc7c6] } 2. Nf3 { [%csl Gf3][%cal Gg1f3] } 2... d5 { [%csl Gd5][%cal Gd7d5] } 3. e5 { [%csl Ge5][%cal Ge4e5] } 3... Bf5 { [%csl Gf5][%cal Gc8f5] } 4. d4 { [%csl Gd4][%cal Gd2d4] } 4... e6 { [%csl Ge6,Ge7] } 5. c3 { A couple of notes here… We want to prevent the bishop check on b4. We can do this immediately by playing c3... Or, we can wait until black plays the bishop check and then play c4, which gains a tempo. Another goal of the Caro-Kann defense is for black to eventually play c5, so we would like to develop our pieces such that we can prevent that. [%csl Gc3][%cal Gc2c3] } 5... h6 { [%csl Gh6][%cal Gh7h6] } 6. Nbd2 { This is one developing move... However, it does have one problem: it prevents us from playing Bd3 defended by the queen. We would like to make this trade with the bishop on f5 because that is a very annoying piece. [%csl Gd2][%cal Gb1d2] } 6... Be7 { [%csl Ge7][%cal Gf8e7] } 7. Nb3 { This accomplishes two things, it allows us to play Be3, and it guards c5. [%csl Gb3][%cal Gd2b3] } 7... f6 $2 { Never play f6; here it creates a hole on g6 that we would like to exploit... [%csl Gf6][%cal Gf7f6] } 8. Bd3 { [%csl Gd3][%cal Gf1d3] } 8... Bxd3 { [%csl Gd3][%cal Gf5d3] } 9. Qxd3 { We get to trade off black's annoying Bishop and put pressure on g6 [%csl Gd3][%cal Gd1d3] } 9... f5 { [%csl Gf5][%cal Gf6f5] } 10. g4 { He blocked our view of g6 so we will try to deflect [%csl Gg4][%cal Gg2g4] } 10... g6 { [%csl Gg6][%cal Gg7g6] } 11. Be3 { [%csl Ge3][%cal Gc1e3] } 11... Nd7 { [%csl Gd7][%cal Gb8d7] } 12. Rg1 { [%csl Gg1][%cal Gh1g1] } 12... Nb6 { [%csl Gb6][%cal Gd7b6] } 13. Nbd2 { We read direct the night to guard c4... [%csl Gd2][%cal Gb3d2] } 13... Qd7 { Black is realizing that he has nothing on the Kingside so he is preparing to Castle Queenside [%csl Gd7][%cal Gd8d7] } 14. a4 { [%csl Ga4][%cal Ga2a4] } 14... a5 { [%csl Ga5][%cal Ga7a5] } 15. h4 { [%csl Gh4][%cal Gh2h4] } 15... g5 { [%csl Gg5][%cal Gg6g5] } 16. gxf5 { [%csl Gf5][%cal Gg4f5] } 16... exf5 { [%csl Gf5][%cal Ge6f5] } 17. hxg5 { [%csl Gg5][%cal Gh4g5] } 17... hxg5 { [%csl Gg5][%cal Gh6g5] } 18. Nxg5 { [%csl Gg5][%cal Gf3g5] } 18... Bxg5 { [%csl Gg5][%cal Ge7g5] } 19. Bxg5 { [%csl Gg5][%cal Ge3g5] } 19... Nc4 { [%csl Gc4][%cal Gb6c4] } 20. Nxc4 { [%csl Gc4][%cal Gd2c4] } 20... dxc4 { [%csl Gc4][%cal Gd5c4] } 21. Qxc4 { [%csl Gc4][%cal Gd3c4] } 21... Ne7 { This is a very high-level trade opportunity, black's knight is going to come to d5 in which case it will be very powerful. White's Bishop is restricted by all of the pawns, so we should trade off the bad Bishop for a knight that will soon be very powerful. [%csl Ge7][%cal Gg8e7] } 22. Bxe7 { [%csl Ge7][%cal Gg5e7] } 22... Qxe7 { Here we have another opportunity to line up a rook with the queen and king... [%csl Ge7][%cal Gd7e7] } 23. O-O-O { [%csl Gc1][%cal Ge1c1] } 23... Rh2 { [%csl Gh2][%cal Gh8h2] } 24. Rg8+ { 1-0, hypervalent 882 - CarlosGMMoreno 849, Live Chess, Chess.com, 2022.06.21 [%csl Gg8][%cal Gg1g8] } 1-0