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Odd line in the Caro Kann Defense?

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SchofieldKid
Dec 6, 2010
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I recently saw a game with the Caro Kann that went :

1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6. I myself play the caro kann but have never seen this variation before. Dose it have name and is it any good? 

 

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vowles_23
Dec 6, 2010
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#2

Put the moves into chess.com Game Explorer and see what comes up.

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It does not have a name, but about 1,200 games have been played with it.

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rooperi
Dec 7, 2010
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#3


 
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Opening Report



Database: Joe's MegaBase (1,965,689 games)

Report:  1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6 (1746 games)

ECO: B06d [Modern]

Generated by Scid 4.0, 2010.12.07






1. Statistics and History



1.1 Statistics




                   Games     1-0     =-=     0-1    Score
-----------------------------------------------------------
 All report games   1746     679     496     570    53.1%
-----------------------------------------------------------



1.2 Oldest games



 1:  1-0(40) Kuznetsov -- Volovich, Moscow 1961

 2:  1-0(39) Walther -- Weiss, Tel Aviv 1964

 3:  1-0(41) Nikitin -- Zaitsev, Moscow 1964 [26]

 4:  0-1(51) Rootare -- Gaprindashvili, URS 1966

 5:  1-0(27) Scholl -- Konstantinopolsky, Amsterdam 1966

 6:  0-1(40) Hennings -- Kagan, Oerebro 1966 [42]

 7:  0-1(34) Szekely -- Csom, ? 1968

 8:  0-1(38) Szekely -- Vadasz, ? 1968

 9:  0-1(50) Mukitsashvili -- Gurgenidze, Gori 1968

10:  =-=(63) Boehnisch -- Schoeneberg, Schwerin 1969


1.3 Newest games



 1:  0-1(61) Markovic 1838 -- Perunovic 2047, Obrenovac SRB 2010.11.26

 2:  1-0(42) Haslinger 2543 -- Rabbitte 2034, Halifax ENG 2010.11.21

 3:  0-1(34) Jang 1638 -- Toufighi 2455, Guangzhou CHN 2010.11.18

 4:  =-=(20) Atnilov 2112 -- Klinova 2295, Haifa ISR 2010.11.16

 5:  0-1(36) Dias 2415 -- Iturrizaga 2607, Mexico City MEX 2010.11.13 [16]

 6:  1-0(34) Hunt 2440 -- Shephard 2222, Daventry ENG 2010.11.07

 7:  0-1(63) Gantsevich 2071 -- Balichev, St Petersburg RUS 2010.11.04

 8:  0-1(63) Gantsevich 2071 -- Balichev, St Petersburg RUS 2010.11.04

 9:  1-0(33) Zizlova 2088 -- Balichev, St Petersburg RUS 2010.11.03

10:  1-0(33) Zizlova 2088 -- Balichev, St Petersburg RUS 2010.11.03


1.4 Current popularity




Year               1800-99 1900-49 1950-69 1970-79 1980-89 1990-99 2000-09

Once every X games   ---     ---    4599    1912    3556    2123     705 



Frequency in all years:   once every 1125 games

In the 10 years to today: once every 711 games (up 58% from all years)

In the  5 years to today: once every 764 games (up 47% from all years)

In the  1 year  to today: once every 694 games (up 62% from all years)


1.5 Most frequent players (White)



  1:   6 2001-2005 83% 2364 Petrenko, S
  2:   4 1984-1999 50% 2420 Gazik, Igor
  3:   4 2000-2010 38% 2394 Gara, A
  4:   4 2003-2008 63% 2254 Borosova, Z
  5:   4 2003-2008 75% 2241 Sarenac, D
  6:   4 1970-1996 38% 2025 Winter, Irene
  7:   3 2001-2005 100% 2611 Korneev, O [60,64,69]
  8:   3 2007-2009 100% 2603 Rozentalis, E [67,76]
  9:   3 2003-2009 100% 2575 Borisek, J [17,30]
10:   3 2000-2006 83% 2542 Arizmendi Martinez, J



1.6 Most frequent players (Black)



  1: 81 2001-2010 49% 2444 Foisor, C [16,23,24,25,54,58,59,60,...]
  2: 48 1999-2008 56% 2547 Blatny, P [1,3,6,7,8,10,53,56,...]
  3: 19 1999-2009 39% 2354 Rogers, N
  4: 18 2002-2009 50% 2431 Foisor, O [1,3,7,12,17,43,67,76]
  5: 17 1968-1999 53% 2545 Csom, Istvan [26,27,31,36,42,47]
  6: 17 1988-1993 53% 2435 Maciejewski, Andrzej
  7: 17 2004-2008 74% 2375 Foisor, S
  8: 16 1999-2010 63% 2285 Berezina, I
  9: 14 2003-2009 50% 2310 Brujic, B
10: 13 1999-2009 58% 2478 Csom, I [2,16,26,42]



2. Ratings and Performance



2.1 Average ratings and performance



White rating: 2272 (1474 games);  White performance: 2302 (52% vs 2288)

Black rating: 2288 (1537 games);  Black performance: 2236 (45% vs 2272)


2.2 Games with highest average rating



 1:  =-=(48) Azmaiparashvili 2672 -- Morozevich 2758, Calvia ESP 2004 [14]

 2:  1-0(48) Piket 2649 -- Minasian 2595, Montecatini Terme ITA 2000 [22]

 3:  =-=(19) Naiditsch 2623 -- Minasian 2586, Moscow RUS 2005 [71]

 4:  0-1(81) Motylev 2639 -- Riazantsev 2511, Moscow RUS 2002 [60]

 5:  =-=(54) Markos 2566 -- Cicak 2568, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2010 [6]

 6:  1-0(39) Liang Chong 2556 -- Ni Hua 2568, Beijing CHN 2001 [22]

 7:  =-=(17) De la Riva Aguado 2525 -- Eingorn 2588, Clichy FRA 2007 [55]

 8:  1-0(34) Grischuk 2490 -- Minasian 2620, Ubeda ESP 1999 [61]


3. Result Trends



3.1 Result lengths and frequencies




                 Score      Game length             Frequency       
                          1-0    =-=    0-1    1-0     =-=     0-1  
 Report games    53.1%     40     36     42   38.8%   28.4%   32.6% 
 All games       54.2%     40     36     41   37.7%   32.9%   29.3%



3.2 Shortest wins (White)



 1:  1-0(9) Ehlvest 2593 -- Rogers 2258, Stratton Mountain, Vermont USA 1999

 2:  1-0(9) Gu Xiaobing 2299 -- Foisor 2444, Moscow RUS 2001

 3:  1-0(11) Karpatchev 2533 -- Oney 2076, Istanbul TUR 2006

 4:  1-0(12) Dugailliez 1999 -- Baete 1802, Brasschaat BEL 2009

 5:  1-0(13) Winants 2510 -- Abolianin 2342, Antwerp BEL 2000


3.3 Shortest wins (Black)



 1:  0-1(5) Rizzi -- Majer 2091, Liverpool ENG 2008

 2:  0-1(11) Ribeiro 2160 -- Alho 2244, Figueira da Foz POR 2007

 3:  0-1(12) Micheel -- Jeske 2185, Rostock GER 2002

 4:  0-1(14) Milosiev 2230 -- Pancevski 2402, Struga MKD 2010

 5:  0-1(14) Makarov 2254 -- Samarin 2062, Dubna RUS 2007


4. Moves and Themes



4.1 Move orders reaching the report position



There were 4 move orders reaching this position:

 1:  1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6 (994)

 2:  1.e4 g6 2.d4 c6 (628)

 3:  1.d4 g6 2.e4 c6 (112)

 4:  1.d4 c6 2.e4 g6 (12)


4.2 Moves from the report position




    Move   ECO       Frequency    Score  AvElo Perf AvYear %Draws
 1: Nc3             1110: 63.5%   56.0%  2294  2347  2001   29%
 2: Nf3              254: 14.5%   42.5%  2207  2203  2004   31%
 3: c4               148:  8.4%   57.7%  2304  2344  2003   21%
 4: f4                69:  3.9%   46.3%  2226  2243  2005   29%
 5: c3                51:  2.9%   42.1%  2260  2211  2004   22%
 6: Bd3               44:  2.5%   62.5%  2121  2270  2006   20%
 7: Be3               26:  1.4%   38.4%  2113  2133  2006   31%
 8: h3                11:  0.6%   54.5%  2336  2336  2004   36%
 9: g3                10:  0.5%   30.0%              2006   20%
10: h4                 9:  0.5%   50.0%              2005   56%
11: Nd2                7:  0.4%   78.5%              2001   14%
12: Bc4                2:  0.1%   25.0%              2003   50%
13: Be2                2:  0.1%    0.0%              2002    0%
14: Ne2                1:  0.0%    0.0%              2004    0%
15: d5                 1:  0.0%  100.0%              2006    0%
16: Bf4                1:  0.0%   50.0%              2007  100%
_______________________________________________________________
TOTAL:              1746:100.0%   53.1%  2272  2309  2002   28%



4.3 Positional Themes



Frequency of themes in the first 20 moves of each game:

Same-side castling:           57%  White Isolated Queen Pawn:      8%
Opposite castling:            10%  Black Isolated Queen Pawn:      4%
Kingside pawn storm:          12%  White Pawn on 5/6/7th rank:   63%
Queens exchanged:             41%  Black Pawn on 2/3/4th rank:   33%
Only one side has Bishop pair: 12%  Open c/d/e file:              41%



4.4 Endgames



Material at the end of each game:

                  P     BN      R   R,BN      Q   Q,BN    Q,R Q,R,BN
Report games     2%     9%     9%    27%     3%     4%     4%    41%
All games       2%    10%     9%    26%     2%     4%     4%    42%



5. Theory Table

 

1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6:  +679 =496 -570 (927/1746: 53%)
 345678910
1c31
d52		 e5
h53		 h34
Nh6		 Nf3
Nf5		 g3
Qb6		 Bg2
a5		 OO
e6		 Na3
c55		 18: 61%
2Nf3
d56		 Nbd27
Bg7		 h38
Nd7		 Bd3
c5		 exd5
cxd4		 OO
Nc5		 Bc4
a6		 a4
Nf69		 16: 50%
3c4
d510		 exd511
cxd5		 Nc3
Nf6		 cxd512
Nxd513		 Bc4
Nb6		 Bb3
Bg7		 d5
OO		 Be3
Na614		 8: 50%
4...
Bg7		 Nc3
d615		 Nf316
Nf617		 Be218
OO		 OO
Nbd719		 h3
e5		 Re1
Re8		 d5
cxd520		 14: 79%
5Nc3
d6		 Be321
Qb622		 a3
Bg7		 h3
Nd7		 Nf3
Qc7		 Qd223
a624		 Bd3
b5		 a4
b425		 13: 54%
6...
Bg7		 h326
d527		 Nf3
dxe428		 Nxe4
Nd7		 Bc4
Ngf6		 Nxf6+
Nxf6		 OO
OO		 c329
Nd530		 18: 67%
7...
...		 Bc4
d631		 Qf3
e6		 Nge2
Nd732		 OO33
Ngf6		 Bg534
Qe7		 Rad1
h6		 Be3
OO35		 9: 67%
8...
...		 Nf3
d536		 h3
dxe437		 Nxe4
Nd738		 Bc439
Ngf6		 Nxf6+
Nxf6		 OO
OO		 Re140
Qc741		 12: 67%
9...
...		 ...
d6		 Be342
Nf643		 Qd2
OO44		 h445
b5		 a3
h5		 Bh6
Bxh6		 Qxh6
Ng446		 16: 44%
10...
...		 ...
...		 h3
Nf647		 Be248
OO		 OO
Nbd749		 e550
dxe5		 dxe5
Nd5		 Nxd5
cxd551		 8: 50%
11...
d5		 Nf352
Bg753		 h354
Nf655		 e556
Ne457		 Nxe4
dxe4		 Ng5
c5		 Bc458
OO		 c3
Nc659		 17: 79%
12...
...		 e5
h560		 f461
Nh662		 Be363
h4		 Qd2
Bg464		 Bd3
Nf5		 Nd1
Bxd1		 Rxd1
Nxe365		 16: 69%
13...
...		 h3
Bg766		 Nf3
Nh6		 Bf467
f668		 Qd269
Nf7		 Bg3
OO		 Be2
Bh6		 Qd1
dxe470		 11: 82%
14...
...		 ...
...		 ...
dxe4		 Nxe4
Nf671		 Nxf6+
exf6		 Bc472
OO		 OO
Nd7		 Bf473
Nb674		 9: 67%
15...
...		 ...
...		 ...
Nf6		 e575
Nfd776		 Be377
Nf8		 Qd2
h678		 Be279
a580		 a4
b681		 15: 73%
Generated from the 200 highest-rated games.



  1. 3.f4 d5 4.e5 h5 5.Nf3 Nh6 6.Be3 Qb6 7.b3 Bg4 8.c3 Nf5 9.Bf2 e6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 h4 12.Bd3 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Bxc5 Qxc5 0-1(33) Ionescu 2433 -- Stanec 2523, Mitte AUT 2002;
    6...Bg4 7.Nbd2 Nf5 8.Bf2 Qb6 9.Bd3 e6 10.OO Bh6 11.g3 h4 12.b3 Nd7 13.c4 Qd8 14.Qc2 Qe7 0-1(56) Biolek 2446 -- Blatny 2444, Ostrava CZE 2002;
    5...Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.c3 Nd7 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Nxf3 h4 10.Be3 Nh6 11.Bd3 Be7 12.OO Nf5 13.Bf2 c5 14.c4 dxc4 1-0(36) Mortensen 2438 -- Hennig 2443, Castrop Rauxel GER 2001;
    5.c4 Nh6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nf3 b6 8.Be3 Nf5 9.Bf2 Be7 10.Be2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Ba6 12.b3 Bb7 13.OO Na6 14.Qe2 Nc7 1-0(43) Shabalov 2606 -- Kretchetov 2299, Las Vegas USA 2007;
    4...Nh6 5.Be3 Qb6 6.b3 Ng4 7.Bc1 c5 8.Be2 h5 9.h3 Nh6 10.dxc5 Qxc5 11.Ba3 Qe3 12.Bc1 Qg3+ 13.Kf1 e6 14.Bb5+ Bd7 0-1(39) Pira 2449 -- Rausis 2500, Montpellier FRA 2001;
    5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be3 OO 7.h3 f6 8.Nbd2 c5 9.c3 cxd4 10.cxd4 fxe5 11.dxe5 Nc6 12.Nb3 Kh8 13.Qd2 Bf5 14.Rg1 Nf7 1-0(41) Visser 2442 -- Bosboom 2439, Wijk aan Zee NED 2001;
    3...Bg7 4.Nf3 d5 5.e5 h5 6.Be3 Nh6 7.Nbd2 b6 8.Be2 e6 9.Bf2 Ng4 10.Bg1 Nh6 11.Nf1 Ba6 12.Ne3 Qe7 13.c3 Qb7 14.h3 Nf5 =-=(31) Kruppa 2533 -- Timoshenko 2562, Alushta UKR 2004.

    3.h3 d5 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.e5 Nfd7 7.Be3 Nf8 8.Qd2 h6 9.g3 Be6 10.Nh4 g5 11.Ng2 f6 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.f4 Rg8 14.OOO Nbd7 1-0(37) Macieja 2536 -- Blatny 2535, Istanbul TUR 2000.

    3.h4 d5 4.h5 dxe4 5.hxg6 fxg6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.Be2 Be6 9.Nh3 Bd5 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.Nf4 Kf7 12.Bg4 Nxg4 13.Qxg4 Qd6 14.f3 Bg7 =-=(60) Sulskis 2525 -- Onischuk 2469, Tallinn EST 2007.

    3.Bd3 d5 4.e5 f6 5.f4 Nh6 6.Nf3 Na6 7.c3 Nc7 8.OO Bg7 9.h3 Bf5 10.Be2 Bxb1 11.Rxb1 f5 12.Be3 e6 13.b3 Bf8 14.c4 Be7 1-0(34) Kritz 2592 -- Foisor 2401, Gibraltar ENG 2008.

     

  2. 3...Bg7 4.Bd3 d6 5.Nf3 e5 6.Nbd2 Ne7 7.OO OO 8.h3 Nd7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.Bc2 b6 12.Qd6 Qxd6 13.Nxd6 Ba6 14.Rd1 Be2 1-0(23) Landa 2600 -- Lang 2352, Bad Wiessee GER 2005;
    4...d5 5.e5 Nh6 6.Ne2 f6 7.exf6 exf6 8.h4 Na6 9.Na3 Nc7 10.Nc2 Qe7 11.Be3 Bd7 12.Qd2 Nf5 13.OOO Nxe3 14.Nxe3 OOO =-=(57) Sasikiran 2514 -- Ravi 2391, Mumbai IND 2000;
    4.Nd2 d5 5.Bd3 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nd7 7.Nf3 Ngf6 8.Nxf6+ Nxf6 9.h3 OO 10.OO Qc7 11.Re1 b6 12.Qe2 Nd5 13.c4 Nb4 14.Be4 Bb7 1-0(30) Poluljahov 2527 -- Bartel 2413, Moscow RUS 2002;
    4.f4 Na6 5.Nf3 Nc7 6.Bd3 d5 7.e5 b6 8.OO Nh6 9.Be3 Bf5 10.Be2 f6 11.h3 Qd7 12.Qe1 Be6 13.Nbd2 Nf7 14.b4 OO =-=(46) Videki 2404 -- Csom 2478, Budapest HUN 2000.

     

  3. 4...f6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Qb3 Bxf3 8.Qxb7 fxe5 9.dxe5 g5 10.Bg3 Nd7 11.e6 =-= Fedorov 2608 -- Blatny 2483, Kusadasi TUR 2006;
    5.f4 Nh6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Nbd2 fxe5 9.fxe5 c5 10.h3 Bf5 11.Bb5+ Bd7 12.Bxd7+ Qxd7 13.Nb3 cxd4 14.Nc5 Qc8 0-1(27) Palac 2571 -- Foisor 2418, Cannes FRA 2007.

     

  4. 5.c4 Nh6 6.Nc3 Nf5 7.Nf3 e6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.h4 Qb4 11.Qd2 b6 12.a3 Qe7 13.Qc2 OO 14.Bd3 dxc4 =-=(39) Kiselev 2424 -- Sergienko 2480, Voronezh RUS 2007.

     

  5. 11.Nc2 Nc6 12.Rb1 Be7 13.Bf4 Bd7 14.dxc5 Bxc5 1-0(43) Minasian 2571 -- Kretchetov 2335, Los Angeles USA 2003.

     

  6. 3...Bg7 4.h3 d5 5.Nc3 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nd7 7.Bc4 Ngf6 8.Nxf6+ Nxf6 9.OO OO 10.Re1 b6 11.Qe2 e6 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Rad1 Qd6 14.Ne5 Nd5 =-=(54) Markos 2566 -- Cicak 2568, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2010;
    4...d6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.OO OO 7.Qe2 Nbd7 8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5 Nd5 10.a3 Qc7 11.c4 N5b6 12.Bf4 Nc5 13.Bc2 a5 14.Nbd2 Ne6 0-1(78) Sulashvili 2455 -- Onischuk 2469, Tallinn EST 2007;
    4.Be2 d5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bf4 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nf6 9.OO OO 10.Ne5 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nh5 12.Bg5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 h6 14.Bh4 Nf4 =-=(24) Kovalevskaya 2447 -- Shariyazdanov 2580, Solin-Split CRO 2003;
    4.Bd3 d5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.h3 Nc6 7.c3 Nh6 8.Bxh6 Bxh6 9.OO OO 10.Re1 Bf5 11.Bxf5 gxf5 12.Na3 e6 13.Nc2 Kh8 14.Re2 Rg8 =-=(54) Dautov 2602 -- Leskovar 2395, Internet ICC 2000;
    4.c3 d6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.OO OO 7.Re1 Qc7 8.a4 e5 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.h3 a5 11.Bf1 d5 12.dxe5 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Rxe4 Nxe5 1-0(54) Dgebuadze 2547 -- Claesen 2411, Charleroi BEL 2001;
    4.Nc3 d5 5.h3 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Bf5 7.Ng3 Be6 8.Be3 Bd5 9.Be2 Nf6 10.OO Nbd7 11.Nd2 b5 12.c3 Be6 13.Nf3 OO 14.b3 Nd5 1-0(40) Blehm 2512 -- Urban 2429, Warsaw POL 2001;
    4.Nbd2 d5 5.c3 a5 6.Bd3 Na6 7.OO Nc7 8.Re1 e6 9.Nf1 Ne7 10.h4 h6 11.Ng3 b6 12.Bf4 Ba6 13.Bxa6 Rxa6 14.Be5 OO =-=(81) Ziatdinov 2466 -- Blatny 2458, Philadelphia USA 2003.

    3...d6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.OO Bg4 6.c3 e5 7.Be3 Nd7 8.Nbd2 h6 9.Qb3 Qc7 10.Bc4 Nb6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bc5 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 b6 =-=(42) Zaitsev 2370 -- Blatny 2533, Pardubice CZE 2005.

     

  7. 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.h3 Nf6 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Nd7 9.OO OO 10.Re1 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Qxd8 Nxf3+ 13.Bxf3 Rxd8 14.Bg5 f6 =-=(28) Serper 2554 -- Blatny 2479, Los Angeles USA 2002;
    5...Nh6 6.Bd3 f6 7.OO Nf7 8.Ne2 e5 9.dxe5 fxe5 10.c3 Be6 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Qd2 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Nf6 14.Qxd8+ Kxd8 0-1(60) Guliyev 2510 -- Foisor 2410, Lausanne SUI 2008;
    4...Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Ne2 Nd7 9.c3 Ne7 =-= Malaniuk 2534 -- Cicak 2530, Warsaw POL 2006.

    4.e5 Bg4 5.Nbd2 e6 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Nxf3 h5 8.Bd3 Ne7 9.Bg5 Nd7 10.Qd2 Bg7 11.OO c5 12.c3 Qb6 13.Rac1 Nc6 14.Be3 Qc7 1-0(33) Spasov 2543 -- Matnadze 2376, La Roda ESP 2005.

     

  8. 5.c3 Nd7 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Ngf6 8.Nxf6+ Nxf6 9.OO OO 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Qe2 e6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Nh5 14.Ne5 Nf4 1-0(45) Ovsejevitsch 2526 -- Istratescu 2578, Chania GRE 2000.

    5.Bd3 e6 6.OO Ne7 7.Re1 a5 8.c3 b6 9.Qe2 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Rxa6 11.Ne5 Ra7 =-= Jackova 2386 -- Blatny 2533, Havlickuv Brod CZE 2005.

     

  9. 11.Nxd4 Nxd5 12.N4f3 Ne6 13.Ne4 Nb6 14.Be2 Qc7 0-1(34) Ionov 2558 -- Maljutin 2451, Samara RUS 2000;
    12.N4b3 Ne6 13.Ne4 Nb6 14.Be2 Qc7 0-1(34) Ionov 2558 -- Maljutin 2451, Samara RUS 2000.

     

  10. 3...d6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Be3 Nf6 6.f3 OO 7.Bd3 e5 8.d5 cxd5 9.cxd5 Nh5 10.Nge2 f5 11.Qd2 Nd7 12.OOO Nc5 13.Bc2 fxe4 14.fxe4 Bd7 =-=(49) Filipenko 2360 -- Ibragimov 2602, Novgorod RUS 1999;
    7.Qd2 e5 8.d5 cxd5 9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.OOO a6 11.Kb1 Nb6 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Qf2 Nc8 14.g4 Ne8 =-=(49) Sveshnikov 2506 -- Vokac 2435, Marianske Lazne CZE 2008;
    4...Nd7 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 c5 8.OO a6 9.Ne1 Ne7 10.a4 a5 11.g3 OO 12.Ng2 h6 13.Ra3 Kh7 14.Bd2 f5 0-1(54) Charbonneau 2445 -- Blatny 2458, New York USA 2003.

     

  11. 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.exd5 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Qb3 OO 8.Be2 Na6 9.Bf3 Qb6 10.Nge2 Qxb3 11.axb3 Nb4 12.OO Rd8 13.Ra5 a6 14.Bg5 h6 1-0(69) Bauer 2578 -- Okhotnik 2406, Aubervilliers FRA 2002.

    4.e5 Bg7 5.Nc3 Nh6 6.h3 OO 7.Nf3 f6 8.Bd3 Nf7 9.Bf4 fxe5 10.dxe5 d4 11.Ne4 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Bxe5 13.Nxe5 Qa5+ 14.Qd2 Qxe5 =-=(42) Ginsburg 2486 -- Grabarczyk 2402, Griesheim GER 2004.

     

  12. 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.cxd5 OO 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.Bf3 Nb6 10.Nge2 Bg4 11.Bxg4 Nxg4 12.a4 a5 13.OO Nf6 14.Nf4 Qd6 0-1(38) Gallagher 2497 -- Foisor 2397, Ascona SUI 2007.

     

  13. 6...Bg7 7.Bb5+ Nbd7 8.d6 e6 9.Nf3 OO 10.OO Nb6 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Be5 a6 13.Bd3 f6 14.Bg3 Nxg3 1-0(67) Meduna 2474 -- Lipka 2414, CZE 2001.

     

  14. 11.Rc1 Bf5 12.a3 Rc8 13.Nge2 Nc5 14.Bc2 Nc4 =-=(48) Azmaiparashvili 2672 -- Morozevich 2758, Calvia ESP 2004.

     

  15. 4...Na6 5.Nf3 Nc7 6.Bf4 d6 7.Be2 Bg4 8.d5 Nf6 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd7 11.OO OO 12.Qd2 Rb8 13.Be2 a6 14.Be3 Nc5 1-0(36) Gulko 2589 -- Labollita 2383, Buenos Aires ARG 2005.

     

  16. 5.Be3 a6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Rc1 Ngf6 8.h3 OO 9.c5 Ne8 10.Be2 Nc7 11.cxd6 exd6 12.OO b5 13.Qd2 Bb7 14.Rfd1 Re8 =-=(32) Horvath 2542 -- Csom 2447, Paks HUN 2008;
    6...b5 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.OO bxc4 9.Bxc4 d5 10.Bd3 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nd5 12.Qd2 Nxe3 13.fxe3 OO 14.Bc4 Nd7 1-0(51) Sedlak 2567 -- Foisor 2401, Las Vegas USA 2010;
    6.c5 dxc5 7.dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qxd1+ 9.Rxd1 Be6 10.Rb1 Ra7 11.a4 Nf6 12.Bd3 a5 13.Nf3 OO 14.OO Na6 1-0(53) Sulskis 2553 -- Foisor 2412, Gibraltar ENG 2008;
    5...e5 6.d5 f5 7.Bd3 Bh6 8.f3 Ne7 9.Qd2 f4 10.Nge2 g5 11.OOO g4 12.Kb1 Ng6 13.Nc1 OO 14.Qf2 gxf3 0-1(36) Dias 2415 -- Iturrizaga 2607, Mexico City MEX 2010;
    5...Nf6 6.f3 OO 7.Qd2 a6 8.Bd3 b5 9.Nge2 Nbd7 10.OO Bb7 11.b3 Rc8 12.Rac1 Rc7 13.Rfd1 Qb8 14.h3 Rfc8 1-0(37) Sveshnikov 2506 -- Soln 2384, Bled SLO 2008;
    5...Qc7 6.Qd2 e5 7.OOO a6 8.f4 f6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Be2 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Bg4 Rd8 14.Rhf1 Nh6 =-=(27) Matsuura 2473 -- Pelikian 2407, Sao Paulo BRA 2004.

    5.Be2 Nf6 6.Nf3 OO 7.OO Nbd7 8.Be3 e5 9.Qc2 h6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qc1 Kh7 12.Nd2 Ne8 13.b4 Nc7 14.Nb3 Ne6 0-1(34) Ulibin 2580 -- Rashkovsky 2523, Samara RUS 2000.

     

  17. 5...Bg4 6.Be2 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Qb6 8.d5 Nf6 9.OO Nfd7 10.Be2 OO 11.Qc2 a5 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Qd2 Na6 14.Rac1 Nac5 1-0(57) Borisek 2489 -- Burmakin 2554, Nova Gorica SLO 2005.

    5...a6 6.Bg5 b5 7.Qd2 Nd7 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.OO Qb8 10.b4 h6 11.Be3 Ngf6 12.h3 bxc4 13.Bxc4 d5 14.exd5 cxd5 1-0(30) Kishnev 2488 -- Foisor 2411, Belgium BEL 2004.

     

  18. 6.h3 OO 7.Be3 d5 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.e5 Ne8 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.OO Nc7 12.Qd2 f6 13.exf6 exf6 14.Rac1 Ne7 1-0(37) Miroshnichenko 2455 -- Badea 2545, Bucharest 1998.

     

  19. 7...a5 8.h3 Na6 9.Bf4 Nd7 10.Qd2 Nc7 11.Rad1 b6 12.Bh6 Rb8 13.d5 c5 14.Rfe1 f6 1-0(47) Gligoric 2585 -- Naranja 2395, Manila 1974.

    7...a6 8.h3 b5 9.e5 dxe5 10.dxe5 Nfd7 11.Bf4 Nc5 12.b4 Ne6 13.Bg3 Nd7 14.Re1 Nb6 1-0(63) Keitlinghaus 2515 -- Vadasz 2365, Budapest 1997.

     

  20. 11.cxd5 a6 12.Be3 Nh5 13.Nd2 Nf4 14.Bf1 Nc5 1-0(43) Kunte 2551 -- Sivanandan 2452, Visakhapatnam IND 2006.

     

  21. 4.f4 d5 5.e5 h5 6.Be3 Nh6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nf5 10.Bf2 h4 11.Bd3 e6 12.OO Nd7 13.Ne2 Be7 14.b3 b5 0-1(40) Berescu 2439 -- Minasian 2597, Warsaw POL 2005;
    6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e6 9.g3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bd2 Ne7 12.Na4 Nd7 13.c4 Rc8 14.Rc1 Bb6 =-=(45) Ninov 2528 -- Genocchio 2445, Senigallia ITA 2009.

    4.Bg5 Qb6 5.Qd2 Qxb2 6.Rb1 Qa3 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Nge2 Nf6 9.OO Nbd7 10.f4 d5 11.exd5 Nb6 12.Bb3 Nfxd5 13.Ne4 Bg4 14.N2g3 h6 1-0(36) Robson 2465 -- Ibragimov 2586, Saint Louis USA 2009.

    4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nd7 6.Nge2 Ngf6 7.h3 OO 8.OO e5 9.Re1 Re8 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Qd2 b5 12.a3 a6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.g4 exd4 0-1(46) Nouro 2335 -- Minasian 2620, Ubeda ESP 1999.

    4.h3 Bg7 5.g4 b5 6.Bg2 Nd7 7.Be3 Bb7 8.Nge2 b4 9.Nb1 c5 10.Nd2 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.OO Nf6 13.f3 OO 14.a3 a5 1-0(58) Bryant 2359 -- Ibragimov 2577, Dallas USA 2009.

     

  22. 4...Bg7 5.Qd2 Nd7 6.Nf3 b5 7.Bd3 Nb6 8.b3 Bg4 9.a4 Bxf3 10.gxf3 bxa4 11.Nxa4 Nf6 12.Bh6 OO 13.h4 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 e5 0-1(48) Valvo 2375 -- Minasian 2594, Philadelphia USA 1999;
    6.f3 Qc7 7.a4 e5 8.d5 Ngf6 9.Bc4 OO 10.Nge2 Nb6 11.Bb3 cxd5 12.Nb5 Qd8 13.a5 d4 14.axb6 dxe3 0-1(60) Medvegy 2350 -- Ibragimov 2575, Fuerth GER 2000;
    5...Nf6 6.h3 OO 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.OO Qe7 11.Rad1 b5 12.Rfe1 Bb7 13.Bg5 Nc5 14.Ne2 Qc7 =-=(55) Erdogdu 2489 -- Onischuk 2483, Lviv UKR 2009.

    4...Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Qd2 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.gxf3 d5 9.OOO e6 10.h4 Nh5 11.Ne2 Nd7 12.Ng3 Nxg3 13.fxg3 h5 14.Kb1 Qc7 1-0(48) Piket 2649 -- Minasian 2595, Montecatini Terme ITA 2000;
    5.f3 Nbd7 6.Qd2 b5 7.g4 h6 8.Bd3 Bg7 9.Nge2 a6 10.Nd1 e5 11.c3 Bb7 12.Nf2 Qa5 13.b4 Qc7 14.a4 d5 1-0(39) Liang Chong 2556 -- Ni Hua 2568, Beijing CHN 2001.

     

  23. 8.Bd3 a6 9.OO Ngf6 10.Re1 e5 11.Qd2 OO 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.a4 b6 14.Bc4 Bb7 1-0(42) Xu Yuhua 2485 -- Foisor 2444, Moscow RUS 2001.

     

  24. 8...Ngf6 9.Bd3 OO 10.OOO b5 11.Bh6 a5 12.Ne2 b4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.a4 c5 =-=(44) Xu Yuhua 2485 -- Foisor 2444, Moscow RUS 2001.

     

  25. 11.Ne2 c5 12.b3 Bb7 13.Rd1 Ngf6 14.Ng3 h5 =-=(51) Xu Yuhua 2485 -- Foisor 2444, Moscow RUS 2001.

     

  26. 4.f4 d5 5.e5 h5 6.Nf3 Nh6 7.Be3 Bg4 8.h3 Nf5 9.Bf2 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 h4 11.Bd3 e6 12.OO Bf8 13.Ne2 Nd7 14.b3 Be7 0-1(34) Sveshnikov 2541 -- Saric 2370, Pula CRO 2000;
    6.Be3 Nh6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.h3 Nf5 9.Bf2 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 e6 11.g4 Ne7 12.OOO Nd7 13.Bd3 Nf8 14.Bh4 Qd7 1-0(39) Tzermiadianos 2462 -- Managadze 2444, Ermioni GRE 2006;
    5.Nf3 Bg4 6.e5 h5 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e6 9.g3 Nh6 10.Be3 Nf5 11.Bf2 Nd7 12.g4 Ne7 13.Bd3 Qb6 14.OOO OOO 1-0(41) Timofeev 2671 -- Pichugin 2221, Moscow RUS 2009;
    4...d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be3 Qb6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.Be2 Qc7 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 e5 11.OOO Nbd7 12.g4 Nb6 13.Qe2 Nfd7 14.g5 h5 0-1(28) Tzermiadianos 2446 -- Istratescu 2598, Patras GRE 2001;
    6...d5 7.e5 Qb6 8.Rb1 Nh6 9.Be2 Nf5 10.Bf2 h5 11.Nh4 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 Nxh4 13.Bxh4 Qa5+ 14.Nc3 Qa6 1-0(45) Horvath 2478 -- Csom 2431, Budapest HUN 2001.

    4.Be3 d6 5.f4 Nf6 6.Nf3 OO 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.h3 b5 9.e5 Nd5 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.h4 Nb6 12.b3 Bg4 13.h5 Qd7 14.Qd2 Bf5 1-0(43) Andriasian 2613 -- Kalashian 2451, Yerevan ARM 2010;
    7.Be2 b5 8.a3 Nbd7 9.OO Bb7 10.Nd2 Nb6 11.g4 Rc8 12.g5 Nfd7 13.Bg4 d5 14.e5 e6 1-0(41) Nikitin -- Zaitsev, Moscow 1964;
    5.Qd2 Nf6 6.f3 Nbd7 7.OOO e5 8.g4 Qe7 9.h4 h5 10.g5 Nh7 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Nb6 13.Qh2 Bg4 14.Bxd6 Qd7 =-=(41) Ter Sahakyan 2516 -- Kalashian 2441, Jermuk ARM 2010;
    4...d5 5.Qd2 Qa5 6.OOO dxe4 7.Kb1 Nd7 8.Bc4 Ngf6 9.f3 exf3 10.Nxf3 OO 11.Rhf1 Nb6 12.Bb3 Qh5 13.Ne2 Nbd5 14.Ng3 Qg4 0-1(33) Jessel 2313 -- Shengelia 2562, Cappelle la Grande FRA 2006.

    4.g3 d5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Bg2 e6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.OO Nge7 9.Ne2 OO 10.c3 a5 11.Nf4 Nf5 12.Re1 Bd7 13.Nd3 b6 14.h4 h6 =-= Georgiev 2455 -- Csom 2510, La Valetta 1980.

     

  27. 4...d6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Qd2 OO 7.Nf3 b5 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.a4 b4 10.Ne2 c5 11.c3 Bb7 12.Ng3 c4 13.Bb1 b3 14.Bh6 e5 0-1(29) Papa 2397 -- Mamedyarov 2662, Lausanne SUI 2004;
    5.Nge2 Nd7 6.a4 Ngf6 7.g3 OO 8.Bg2 e5 9.OO Re8 10.Be3 exd4 11.Bxd4 b6 12.f4 Bb7 13.g4 c5 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 1-0(49) Chibukhchian 2498 -- Kalashian 2451, Yerevan ARM 2010.

    4...b5 5.e5 f5 6.Nf3 b4 7.Ne2 e6 8.h4 Ne7 9.h5 c5 10.h6 Bf8 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Bf6 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Rg8 14.d5 Qb6 0-1(28) Navara 2543 -- Vavra 2419, Ostrava CZE 2002.

    4...Na6 5.g3 d5 6.Nge2 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Bf5 8.Bg2 Bxe4 9.Bxe4 e5 10.c3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nf6 12.Bg2 Qe7+ 13.Be3 OO 14.OO Nd5 1-0(44) Palkovi 2480 -- Csom 2430, Ungarn 1996.

     

  28. 5...Nh6 6.Bf4 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nf5 8.c3 OO 9.Bd3 Nd6 10.Nxd6 exd6 11.OO Be6 12.Re1 Bd5 13.Nd2
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vowles_23
Dec 7, 2010
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#4

That is some serious data right there! Could you ask for more stats about that opening? :O

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AtahanT
Dec 8, 2010
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#5

It's some sort of schlechter slav or gurgenidze modern.

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hippochess
Dec 8, 2010
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Estragon wrote:

You won't see it very often because it isn't very good!

The move ...g6 and its accompanying fianchetto ...Bg7 would most naturally fit with pawn strikes to loosen up the long diagonal for the Bishop, ...c5 being the main one to hit at d4.  But Black has already played . . .c6, so it would cost a tempo to move it again.

Also, the ...c6 move which defines the Caro-Kann intends an immediate ...d5 to contest the center, but with the fianchetto deployment White can enjoy a nice advantage by responding to that with the simple advance e4-e5, gaining space and restricting Black's Bishop.

Finally, placing a pawn on g6 limits Black's options for his Bc8 if it develops normally at f5 or g4, since the natural retreat is cut off.  One of the advantages of the C-K is Black's ability in many lines to develop this Bishop freely early, where it can be a problem child in other defenses.

So, there is virtually nothing to recommend this move in this situation.  If you want to play the Modern Defense, just play 1 ...g6 or 1 ... d6, and do it more directly.

 

The amateur mind makes general conclusions about a playable variation of the Modern defence (most often it will be either the Gurgenidze Modern or the Averbach Modern) even without hearing about it.  

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Hypocrism
Dec 8, 2010
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#7

More common ...g6 moves are in 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 g6, which is considered better than the mainline classical in a lot of cases, which is why 3.Nd2! is the most accurate way to reach classical mainlines.

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hippochess
Dec 8, 2010
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#8
Estragon wrote:

Also, the ...c6 move which defines the Caro-Kann intends an immediate ...d5 to contest the center, but with the fianchetto deployment White can enjoy a nice advantage by responding to that with the simple advance e4-e5, gaining space and restricting Black's Bishop.

 

Here is another "odd line".

With all the above it is Black who  obtained a lasting advantage in just 10 moves without any obvious mistake by White!?!?!?!?

 

Here is another brave amateur. He just obtained his "big space advantage" and already Black was better :)))))).

 

 

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hippochess
Dec 8, 2010
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#9
NN28 wrote:

Is this kind of stuff popular among bulgarian players?(happen to know a guy who always player similar setups)

 

I personally tried it (e.g. 1.e4 c6 2.d4 Na6!?) this year with a great successes (some 80% wins) vs a reasonable opposition. I do know several Bulgarian masters who play it from time to time. At Grandmaster level it was played extensively in the past 10-15 years by Serbian Grandmaster M. Markovic. Here is one of his games in this line.

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hippochess
Dec 8, 2010
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#10

RE: Let me give you a little introduction to this line:

This line is known as the "gurgenidze system" and can be reach by several different move-orders, probably the most common being 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 but playing it through a caro-kann is also valid. Though I would probably prefer using the first one since black keeps himself the most flexible there....

 

That's right Conzipe!

Regards,

Nick