Who actually plays the Caro-Kann?

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I played in a chess tournament recently and almost half my opponent's played the Caro-Kann opening. I was wondering if any of you play it and if it is any good. 

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Gothamchess plays it
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You get solid positions, but if your opponent knows what they’re doing, they might get an advantage
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It’s good but it leads to complex endgames
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The 4 best responses to e4 are e5, c5, e6, and c6 so that should tell you it’s good.
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It's an excellent opening because it allows for very consistent play among multiple variations, often fighting to capture white's pawn on d4.

There are also several very interesting variations that go their own way; my favorites are the Fantasy variation and the Classical variation.

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Capablanca, Karpov, Botvinik are the world champions who played the Caro.

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@8

Also Petrosian (97 games), young Kasparov 1977-1978 (25 games), Kramnik (8 games), Anand (99 games), and Carlsen (56 games).

Most critical is the Advance Variation:
https://www.iccf.com/game?id=278961 
https://www.iccf.com/game?id=278978

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sonseungwanrv wrote:

Capablanca, Karpov, Botvinik are the world champions who played the Caro.

Anand has played it too.

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Long ago, I liked to play the Bronstein Variation 6……gxf6, but since the advanced variation took over I've lost interest in the positions that arise from those positions.

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A lot of people, especially after Gotham chess promoted it.

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interesting