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B10

Caro-Kann Defense: Hillbilly Attack

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Overview

Caro-Kann Defense: Hillbilly Attack is a named branch in the Semi-Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO B10.

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.

It is reached after 3 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 c6 2. Bc4.

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

It continues primarily into one named line, Schaeffer Gambit.

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ECO code
B10
Group
Semi-Open Games (B)
Plies
3
Parent
Caro-Kann Defense
Direct variations
1

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Variations (1)