Opening · played as White
Caro-Kann: White's Advance
How to meet 1...c6 as White: 3.e5 grabs space and 4.h4 goes straight at the light-squared bishop. This is the White side, for playing the Caro-Kann as Black, see the Caro-Kann Defense course.
A position this opening is aiming for.
- You play
- White
- Variations covered
- 50
The main line
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be2 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.O-O Bg6 8.Be3 cxd4
Some of the variations
- 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be2 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.O-O Bg6
- 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be2 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7
- 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be2 e6 5.Nf3 Ne7 6.c3 Nd7 7.O-O f6
- 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be2 e6 5.Nf3 Ne7 6.c3 Bg6 7.a4 Nf5
- 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be2 e6 5.Nf3 h6 6.O-O a6 7.h3 Ne7
- 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be2 e6 5.Nf3 h6 6.O-O Ne7 7.c3 Nd7
…and 44 more in the trainer.
Train it
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