Caro-Kann Exchange Variation or Caro-Kann Advance Variation?

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Which one is better for aggressiveness for a chess game, the Caro-Kann Exchange Variation or the Caro-Kann Advance Variation? 

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For aggressiveness probably advance, exchange in my experience leads to pretty simple games although there might be an aggressive line in the exchange that I don’t know
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Although the Advanced Variation is already aggressive, there is another variation of the Caro-Kann Defense that is more aggressive and is part of the Exchange Variation and which transposes into an even more dynamic variation:

Panov Attack: 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4

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The Advance Variation is most testing.

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Exchange isn't passive at all, it leads to the carlsbad pawn position where white aims for king side attack while black aims for queen side minority pawn attack

Avatar of ChessMasteryOfficial

Both the Caro-Kann Exchange Variation and the Caro-Kann Advance Variation can lead to aggressive play, but they do so in different ways.