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B12

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense

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Overview

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense is a named branch in the Semi-Open Games group of chess theory, classified under 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 d5 3. e5 c5, after 6 plies of opening development.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.

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ECO code
B12
Group
Semi-Open Games (B)
Plies
6
Parent
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation

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Related variations at the same level

Sister lines that share the same parent Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation:

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