Trap · played as Black
Caro-Kann Fantasy: the ...e5 Battery
Meet the Fantasy Variation 3.f3 by striking with 3...e5. After 4.dxe5 the queen goes to b6, not d6, which hangs to exd6, and lines up with the bishop on c5 against f2. The natural 5.Bc4? already loses material.
A position this opening is aiming for.
- You play
- Black
- Variations covered
- 9
- What it wins
- Wins material
The main line
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e5 4.dxe5 Qb6 5.Bc4 Bc5 6.Bb3 Bxg1 7.Qe2 Bd4 8.Nc3 Ne7
How the trap springs
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e5 4.dxe5 Qb6 5.Bc4 Bc5 6.Bb3 Bxg1 7.Qe2 Bd4 8.Nc3 Ne7
Traps are only worth knowing if somebody actually falls into them, so each one here was checked against what club players really play, not only against what an engine would.
Some of the variations
- 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e5 4.dxe5 Qb6 5.Bc4 Bc5 6.Bb3 Bxg1 7.Qe2 Bd4
- 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e5 4.dxe5 Bc5 5.Nc3 Qb6 6.Na4 Bf2+ 7.Ke2 Qd4
- 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e5 4.dxe5 Bc5 5.Bd3 Qb6 6.Ne2 Nd7 7.f4 dxe4
- 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e5 4.Nc3 Bd6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Qd2 O-O 7.O-O-O b5
- 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e5 4.Nc3 Bd6 5.Nge2 Nf6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.exd5 Qb6
- 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e5 4.exd5 cxd5 5.dxe5 Nc6 6.f4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bc5
…and 3 more in the trainer.
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