caro kann defense against 2. c4

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princethehero

I love to play caro kann defense as black against White's e4. So the game is like 1.e4 c6 2. c4 ... How can i counter the c4 move?? It's sestroying my central pawn structure... Please help..

baddogno

Here are master games stats from the explorer:

2...d5 4,017
42% 35.9% 22.1%
2...e5 834
46.3% 32.7% 21%
2...g6 118
55.1% 23.7% 21.2%
2...e6 80
47.5% 27.5% 25%
2...d6 79
53.2% 22.8% 24.1%
2...Qa5 13
53.8%   38.5%
2...Na6 3
66.7%   33.3%
2...a6 2
50%   50%
2...c5 2
100%    

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baddogno

It's called the Accelerated Panov Attack (B10).  You could google it and come up with some of the usual links (Wiki, youtube, etc.).  Good luck!