Tree path 9 levels King's Pawn Game › Caro-Kann Defense › Caro-Kann Defense › Caro-Kann Defense › Exchange Variation › Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation › Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack › Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack › Fianchetto Defense
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Fianchetto Defense
Overview
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Fianchetto Defense is a named branch in the Semi-Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO B14.
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. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6, after 10 plies of opening development.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
It continues primarily into one named line, Fianchetto Gambit.
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- ECO code
- B14
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 10
- Direct variations
- 1
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