How to play against the Tal variation?

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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 happy.png

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If you like to play endgames... 

 

 

I said "Capablanca style" due to this game:

 

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Thanks for the recommendation! I’m not good at endgames so this might be a good idea to make me play more

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I'm bad at endgames, but at the moment it is a matter of learning only this one tongue.png

d4 pawn is a weakness, his DSB is a bad one, and there is only a open file, so 4 rooks will be out soon.

And after h4-h5 (Tal variation), f5 is a very good square for a knight, attacking the d4 pawn, because there is no g2-g4 happy.png

 

The Caro Kann is one of the best defenses because endgames are good happy.png

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damafe wrote:

I'm bad at endgames, but at the moment it is a matter of learning only this one

d4 pawn is a weakness, his DSB is a bad one, and there is only a open file, so 4 rooks will be out soon.

And after h4-h5 (Tal variation), f5 is a very good square for a knight, attacking the d4 pawn, because there is no g2-g4

 

The Caro Kann is one of the best defenses because endgames are good

Yes black has no real problems in the endgame, and I’d like to make the argument that black is playing for the win, no? The caro is super solid yet offers exciting play at the same time. There’s a reason it’s one of my favorite openings to play!

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Here's the line Schandorff recommends.



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Bramblyspam wrote:

Here's the line Schandorff recommends.



Thanks happy.png the endgames in the Tal caro-kann are almost always pleasant to play as black

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I like to see that I think the same as a GM happy.png