Beat the Caro-Kann: Two Knights - Karpov and Sidelines (4...Nd7, 4...Bg4)
Let's learn the 4...Bg4 and 4...Nd7 Lines! Black has two tries here: 4...Bg4 and 4...Nd7. We have a clear plan against each one. Let's begin with 1.e4.
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- Main Line
… 5... Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. d3 Nd7 8. Bd2
- 4...Nd7
… 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Bg5
- 4...Nd7
… 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Bd3
- 4...Nd7
… 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Neg5 Nd5 7. d4 g6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4
- 4...Nd7
… 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Neg5 e6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Qxe6+ Kg6 10. d4
- 4...Nd7
… 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Neg5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Ne5 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 Qd5 10. Qxd5 exd5 11. Ngxf7 Rg8 12. O-O
- 5...Bh5
… 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 e6 7. c3
- 5...Bh5
… 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 Nd7 7. c3
- 5...Bh5
… 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Bf4
- 5...Bh5
… 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. Bf4
- 6...Nd7
… 6. Qxf3 Nd7 7. d3 Ngf6 8. Bd2 e6 9. O-O-O
- 6...Nf6
… 6. Qxf3 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8. c3 Bd6 9. d4
- 7...Be7
… 7. d3 Be7 8. Be3
- 7...Nf6
… 7. d3 Nf6 8. Be3
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Tartakower and Bronstein-Larsen (4...Nf6)
Let's learn the Caro-Kann Two Knights! After the knight trade on f6, Black has doubled f-pawns, and in the main line we castle long and...
12 lines1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Ne5 Bh7 8. Qh5 g6 9. Qf3 Nf6 10. Qb3 e6 11. Qxb7 Nbd7 12. Nxc6 Qc8 13. Ba6 Nb6 14. d4
Classical Variation (4...Bf5)
Let's learn the 4...Bf5 Lines! Black retreats the bishop to g6, then blocks g5 with h6, so we jump into e5 instead. Let's begin with 1.e4.
13 lines1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. e5 Ne8 11. d4
Mindeno and Sidelines (3...Bg4, 3...d4)
Let's learn the Mindeno Variation and 3...d4 Lines! Black has two tries here: 3...Bg4 and 3...d4. We have a clear plan against each one...
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