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What is the benefit of the caro kann

Hillbilly attack: 1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb3 Apocalypse attack: 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Interestingly the Apocalypse attack is equal, according to chess.com's engine analysis

Hello everyone I’ve been thinking about switching back to the Bf5 mainline in the advance caro-kann. I’ve been playing 3.c5 for a while now but, I have trouble in the dxc5 line where white desperately holds onto the pawn. My only problem with switching back is the Tal variation. Is there any way for black to get a good position out of the opening without many problems? I’m not to worried about 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 but, 5.Bd3 (which I play as white) and 5.Bg5 look to give black a bit of a headache. I know they’re still very much “playable” as black but, not very fun to deal with. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated

Study material I found worth sharing on Caro Kann pawn structures: https://simplifychess.com/pawn-structures/pawn-structure-101-caro-formation/index.html

Are there any books on the Caro-Kann that have diagrams reversed, from the black side of the board? I play C-K as black and have a hard time orienting myself if I have to look at diagrams from the white side of the board. It confuses poor me. There should be electronic books where you get to look at the board from either side. Do such exist?

Hi all, in your own experience what has been the most common Endgames that arise from playing the caro Kann opening? Is it major piece or minor piece or a mix of both? Kind share your views . Thanks 😊

[Event "Dortmund"] [Site "Dortmund GER"] [Date "1993.04.10"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Gata Kamsky"] [Black "Anatoly Karpov"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "98"] You can move the pieces here. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=10667171. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qh4 Ke7 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5+ 14. c3 Qxe5+ 15. Be3 b6 16. O-O-O g5 17. Qa4 c5 18. Rhe1 Bd7 19. Qa3 Rhd8 20. g3 Qc7 21. Bd4 Be8 22. Kb1 Rd5 23. f4 Rad8 24. Bc2 R5d6 25. Bxf6+ Kxf6 26. fxg5+ hxg5 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. c4 Ke7 29. Qe3 f6 30. h4 gxh4 31. gxh4 Qd7 32. Qh6 e5 33. h5 Qg4 34. Qh7+ Kd8 35. h6 Rd2 36. Qf5 Qxf5 37. Bxf5 Bd7 38. Bg6 Rh2 39. h7 Ke7 40. Bd3 Be6 41. Rg1 f5 42. Rg7+ Kf6 43. Rxa7 e4 44. Be2 f4 45. b3 f3 46. Bd1 Bf5 47. Kc1 Bxh7 48. Rb7 Ke5 49. Rxb6 Rxa2 0-1

To put diagrams with movable pieces & analysis in your post, use the left-most icon in the post-writing area. It looks like a little chessboard, and the mouseover says "insert chess game or diagram".If you want to start with a position from a game in progress - say, the current position from a vote chess game - here's how I do it:- Go to the game, in its current position.- Click on the "download" icon. It looks like an arrow pointing downwards into a tray.- Copy the FEN text at the top of the download window. It should look something like "rnbqkbnr/pp1ppppp/2p5/8/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 1 2". There are many ways to do this, I triple-click the text to highlight the whole thing, then press control-c to copy.- Click the "insert chess game or diagram" icon in your post. - Click "setup position".- Paste the FEN text into the FEN box. I do this by triple-clicking to highlight the entire text, then pressing control-v to paste. - If you want to show the board from black's perspective, click the "flip board" icon.- Click on "moves"- On the board, make whatever moves you want to show in your analysis- To comment on a move, right-click on it, then write your comment. - To show subvariations, click on the move where you want to start your subvariation. Then start making moves on the board.The rest should be pretty obvious. The end result should look something like this: Hope that helps!

Help guys, want to know your views on these two options in the advance variation whether to go with Bf5( which is most popular) or c5(which I hardly see people play) Thanks for your contribution.

https://www.chess.com/video/player/the-complete-caro-kann---introduction https://www.chess.com/video/player/the-complete-caro-kann---part-1-sidelines-first Follow the links in the second video to see the rest of the series.

https://www.chess.com/video/player/easy-syste-vs-the-caro-kann

https://www.chess.com/video/player/a-universal-system-vs-the-kings-indian-attack https://www.chess.com/video/player/a-universal-system-vs-the-kings-indian-attack-ii https://www.chess.com/video/player/a-universal-system-vs-the-kings-indian-attack-iii https://www.chess.com/video/player/a-universal-system-vs-the-kings-indian-attack-4

https://www.chess.com/video/player/kaidanovs-comprehensive-repertoire-combating-the-caro-kann---part-1

See the following link: https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-birth-and-development-of-the-hillbilly-attack

Not for myself only...

I hear this often "In Caro-Kann Classical, it is not easy for Black to create imbalance and winning chances". Today I saw this game live where Black generated very quick attack. Comments are most welcome. Am not annotating the second-half of this game, since the opening and the early middle-game ideas are of most interest to me (and probably us). I refer to another game in the annotations along the same line (7...e6), and White plays 8. Ne5. Here is a post on it (in another Caro group): https://www.chess.com/forum/view/classical-variation-7-nf3-nbd7-vs-7-nf3-e6

What do members of this group play against the Advance Variation? I'm hoping for this to be a place for theoretical discussion.

I originally posted this in the general openings forum, but the thread was hijacked by the usual idiots I have been doing well with this little a6 move, which is a waiting move designed to confuse white and force him to reveal his plans before black commits to a setup. 1) 4,e5 and black can transpose to the promising advanced line which I also use with Bf5 delaying e6 to give the option to retreat the bishop back to d7 if white plays g4. Another option would be to play 4...c5 2) Whites most common move is 4.Nf3 which gives black the g4 square for his bishop with 4...Bg4 this has scored fairly well for black at least as well as the main lines. Black will swap on f3 and then develop and organise c5 with usual caro Kann play There are plenty of games in the explorer you can use for general ideas on these lines, in practice I have been doing well in these lines and the big advantage is you force white on his own and bypass the mountains of theory on the mainlines