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- King's Pawn Game B00
- Caro-Kann Defense B10
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Caro-Kann Defense
Overview
Caro-Kann Defense is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B12.
The Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 c6 2. d4, after 3 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Caro-Kann Defense, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It branches into 4 notable variations — Caro-Kann Defense, De Bruycker Defense, Masi Variation, and others.
Below the direct variations, the full subtree contains 74 documented sub-variations.
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- ECO code
- B12
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 3
- Parent
- Caro-Kann Defense
- Direct variations
- 4
- Total in subtree
- 74
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Variations (4)
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