Caro-Kann: the Ne5 Overreach

In the Exchange Caro-Kann, White pins with 5.Bb5 and then reaches for 6.Ne5 to make something of it. The knight is just hanging: after 6...Nxe5, both 7.Bxd7+ Nxd7 and 7.dxe5 Bxb5 leave you a clean piece up.

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