Caro Kann variant?

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andy1357

Anyone familiar with this defence from black: e4 c6 d4 f6 nf3 g7 nc6 bg7. ?

Diakonia

Its called the Black wants to lose variation.

ilikecapablanca
andy1357
Nice! So just own the centre and suffocate his pieces? Maybe castle long?
ilikecapablanca

Yeah... I love playing against players like black, because you can just compress them into a ball and tactify them with forks and pins.

The_Ghostess_Lola

....b7 and you're basically n2 the Hippopotamus....I think luv.

andy1357
I guess it is more or less the Hippo! Just been reading about it.. General theory seems to be to control the centre and perhaps advance up the e file to break things up.
andy1357
(Or just do whatever you feel like...)
CornerPawn

Try this powerful variant of the Caro Kann structure! It's the 5...c6 variation of the Gubinsky-Melts Variation (Scandinavian 3...Qd6). Join us for the inside story at http://www.chess.com/groups/view/scandinavian-defense-3qd6-variation