Panov-Botvinnik 5..g6

Can anyone give me some sources on this?
Or helpful thoughts and ideas for this line?

Thanks.

I dont remember much theory on it but i think its considered bad for black or at least worse than the other panovlines

Have you tried looking it up in the game explorer here? 365chess.com also has a free game explorer with a much bigger DB.

You could also just type "Caro-Kann Defense" and/or "Panov-Botvinnik" attack into a search engine and probably come up with some decent articles and/or games with this line. There's probably plenty of blogs and articles on the CKD right here, although you may have to do some "leg work" to find your line discussed or analyzed.

www.chesscafe.com has lots of articles on openings

BTW I'm guessing you wanna play this line as Black? 

Yes, I intend to use it as black.
I was hoping for something more comprehensive than an article, such as a chapter in a book or something, but thanks for the sugestions.

Its a shame they changed the online chess starting position list. Now I can only begin games in the panov from the 5..e6 point, makes it difficult to accumulate experience in this line.

"Caro-Kann Defence: Panov Attack" by Anatoly Karpov with Mikhail Podgaets (Batsford, 2006) has an entire chapter on this line (chapter 3 of 6 chapters). Black temporarily sacs the d5 pawn in order to gain better development, and hopefully some compensation.

The lines covered in this book after 5...g6 are 6.cxd5 (7...Nxd5, 7...Bg7) and 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.cxd5 0-0 (8.Nge2, 8.g3, and 8.Be2)

The game becomes very positional, and the final word from the abovementioned chapter was "it is a difficult, heavy-going variation in which from the very first moves Black must work intensively and put forth every effort into dealing with its intricacies." In short, its complicated lol

The authors suggest it needs to be heavily studied, and the nuances understood completely, or not played at all. I have tried it a few times OTB but never could find adequate compensation for the pawn, although I did get satisfactory piece play. Perhaps you may fare better! Good luck.

Thanks, just what I was looking for.

They probably are, though I dont think it would be practical for me to learn such theoretical lines.

I arrive at the Panov through transposition, which doesn't occur all too often (maybe 1 in 7 black games, if that).

The ideal way to deal with this in my mind is to take my opponent (and I) out of book in a position with complications, from there just play chess.
I think g6 is the best option for this.
I just want to learn a few ideas, so im slightly better off than my opponent without having to memorise lines.