caro kan good or bad???

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Avatar of pranavravella

I win 50%out of 50%

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good

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prob

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Caro-kann is a solid opening if you play it correctly. A ton of traps are possible if you don't play it right though :)

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Caro-kan bad, Caro-Kann good.

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Yes, it is a solid opening which can be very good if you play it properly.

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Smilebatgirl wrote:

Caro-kan bad, Caro-Kann good.

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yes that is true unless your oppenent plays super strong and you make a mistake

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Objectively speaking, it is not quite as strong as other mainline openings. If you analyze it with a very good engine you will see it does not like it quite as much as e.g. the slav or french.

But to be honest the difference is quite small (~ 0.1 pawns), and it gives you a very playable middlegame. It's more about how well you know it, does it fit your style, and simply who is the stronger player than anything.

A thing to note is there are a great many variations, as from as early as turn 3, White has several strong options, and you may want to get familiar with all of them.

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yes

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By the way 50% of 50% is 25% which is a pretty abyssmal score if you ask me.

Also scoring any percentage is kind of meaningless unless you tell us who you are playing it against and your current rating. (I.e i could score 100% with the kings gambit against people rated below 1000 in live blitz)

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I play it sometimes as black with decent results.

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Caro Kan is grandson of Ghenghis Kan, I think, very bad.

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FirebrandX wrote:

Engines don't know how to evaluate openings.

If they calculate to a high enough depth, they can calculate openings perfectly well. Many engines won't even list ...c5 as one of the top 5 responses to 1.e4 until you let them calculate to a high depth.

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that is true

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hi