This is one of the recent games that I played against myself. Im trying to get better at playing the caro kann defense. comment please and do tell what you think is the best continuation for black.
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4.c3 in my opinion, is hardly the right move. After 4.c3, the black player is playing the French, although a tempo down, got rid of his most disturbing problem, the bishop on c8.
After 4.c3, the black light squared bishop is no longer blocked in by the pawn on e6, which is so common in the French.
The main test of 3...c5!? is to accept the gambit with 4.dc!
e.g 4...e6 5.Be3 Nh6 (Ne7!?) 6.c3 Nf5 7.Bd4 Nc6 with an unclear position. If you want to learn more about this (very interesting) gambit, I recommend Peter Well's 'Grandmaster Secrets The Caro-Kann', and Houska's 'Play the Caro Kann', both books covers the 3...c5 gambit in some detail.
ogerboy wrote:
4.c3 in my opinion, is hardly the right move. After 4.c3, the black player is playing the French, although a tempo down, got rid of his most disturbing problem, the bishop on c8.
After 4.c3, the black light squaredi am bishop is no longer blocked in by the pawn on e6, which is so common in the French.
The main test of 3...c5!? is to accept the gambit with 4.dc!
e.g 4...e6 5.Be3 Nh6 (Ne7!?) 6.c3 Nf5 7.Bd4 Nc6 with an unclear position. If you want to learn more about this (very interesting) gambit, I recommend Peter Well's 'Grandmaster Secrets The Caro-Kann', and Houska's 'Play the Caro Kann', both books covers the 3...c5 gambit in some detail.
i am currently reading the book, play the caro kann. and i am still learning. i just finished going over the capablanca variation, now im moving on the the advance variation. thank you
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3. c5? Come on buddy, just play the French.
3...c5!? caro is very different from the French, it is much sharper, and if white does not accept the pawn sacrifice, then black gets his bishop on c8 out before playing ...e6.
