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BertLee

When I play the Caro-Kann, I don't know what to do against the King's Gambit

 

After 1. e4 c6

          2. f4 d5

         3. suggestions please for as many moves as you can  

        

GodsPawn2016

Where do you have a kings gambit?

antonisf

Why dont you start by taking the pawn and see where it goes.

bank2010

I'm a Caro-Kann player. This variation is good for Black!

BertLee

Thank you FM bank2010.  I appreciate your answer.  I see where many of you wonder, where is the King's Gambit.  What I meant by King's Gambit, is that white is playing the first two moves of the King's Gambit, even if there is no gambit.  Sorry for the confusion.

Al

atog

Came here looking for the same answer. Got crushed staying passive. Thanks bank2010!

MickinMD
BertLee wrote:

When I play the Caro-Kann, I don't know what to do against the King's Gambit

 

After 1. e4 c6

          2. f4 d5

         3. suggestions please for as many moves as you can  

        

In Lars Schandorff's The Caro-Kann, he writes:

1 e4 c6

2 f4

Is White trying to play the Grand Prix Attack against the Caro?

2...d5 3 e5

Sometimes White tries to play more flexibly but it doesn't fit well with the pawn on f4:

3 Nc3 dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nf2 (or 5 Nxf6+ exf6 6 Nf3 Bd6...and Black is fine.

3 Nf3 dxe4 4 Ng5 Nf6 5 Bc4 e6 (5...Bg4 may look strong but watch out for 6 Qxg4! Nxg4 7 Bf7+ when White has a lot of play for the Queen) 6 Nc3 b5 7 Bb3 Nbd7 8 Ngxe4 a5 9 a3 Nc5 10 Qf3 Nfxe4 11 Nxe4 Nxb3 12 Qxb3 Qd5 and Black has surely won the opening debate.

3...Bf5 4 Nf3

4 g4 is too active and after 4...Be4 5 Nf3 h5! Black breaks up the White pawn structure.

4...e6 5 d4

Alternatives like 5 Be2 and 5 g3 are good for Black

5...h5

And now were in a rare Advance Variation of the Caro Kann with an early f4

The natural 5...c5 is trickier for Black

6 Be3 Qb6 7 Qc1 Nh6 (this is becoming a standard move) 8 c4 and Black continues ok with 8...Be7 and 9...O-O with good play"

I hope this helps

kinglysac

Scandanavian is just the bullet version of the karo kann

ilikewindmills
1.e4 c6 2.f4 e5