Chess: Understanding the Caro-Kann Defense Part III

1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 Bf5 4 c3 e6 Line



What's the game plan for White?

What's the game plan for Black?

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1 e4 c6



2 d4 d5



3 e5 Bf5



4 c3



4 h4 h5 5 c4 e6 6 Nc3.
4 Be3 e6 5 c3 Nd7 6 Nd2 Ne7 7 f4.
4 Ne2 e6 5 Ng3 Bg6 6 h4 h5 7 Be2 c5.
4 c4 e6 5 Nc3 Ne7 6 Nge2 Nd7 7 Ng3 Bg6.
4 Nd2 e6 5 Nb3 Nd7 6 Nf3.
4 Be2 e6 5 Nf3 c5 6 Be3 cxd4 7 Nxd4 Ne7
8 c4 Nbc6 9 Qa4 dxc4 10 Na3 Qa5+ 11 Qxa5 Nxa5
12 Nxc4 Nxc4 13 Bxc4 a6.
4 Bd3 Bxd3 5 Qxd3 e6 6 Nc3 Qb6 7 Nge2 Nd7
8 O-O Ne7 9 a4 c5.
4 g4 Bd7 5 c4 e6 6 Nc3 Ne7 7 Nf3 Na6.

4 ... e6



5 Be3



5 Nf3 Nd7 6 Be2 Ne7 7 O-O h6 8 Nh4 Bh7
9 Bd3 Bxd3 10 Qxd3.
5 Be2 c5 6 Nf3 Nc6 7 O-O cxd4 8 cxd4 Nge7
9 a3 Nc8 10 Bg5 Be7 11 Bxe7 N8xe7 12 b4 O-O.

5 ... Nd7



5 ... Qb6 6 Qb3 Nd7 7 Nd2.
5 ... Be7 6 Nd2 Bg6 7 Qb3 Qc7 8 Be2.
5 ... f6 6 f4 Qb6 7 Qb3.
5 ... Ne7 6 Nd2 Nd7 7 f4.

6 Nd2



6 Qb3 Qb6 7 Nd2.
6 f4 Nh6 7 Nf3 Be7 8 Nbd2 O-O 9 Be2 f6 10 Qb3
10 ... Ng4 11 Bg1 fxe5 12 fxe5 b5 13 h3 Bh4+
14 Kf1 Nh6.

6 ... Ne7



6 ... Qb6 7 Qb3 Ne7 8 f4.
6 ... f6 7 f4 Nh6 8 Ngf3 Be7 9 h3 fxe5 10 fxe5 O-O
11 Be2 Bh4+.
6 ... c5 7 Ngf3 cxd4 8 Nxd4 Bg6 9 h4 h5 10 Bg5 Qc7
11 f4.
6 ... Bg6 7 f4 Ne7 8 Ngf3 Nf5 9 Bf2.
6 ... h5 7 Be2 h4 8 f4 Be7 9 Ngf3 Nh6 10 h3 Bg6
11 O-O Nf5 12 Bf2.

7 f4



7 Be2 c5 8 Ngf3 cxd4 9 cxd4 Nc6 10 a3 Be7
11 O-O O-O 12 b4 Nb6 13 Rc1 Rc8 14 Nb3 Nc4
15 Bxc4 dxc4 16 Rxc4.

7 ... f6



7 ... Bg6 8 Ngf3 Nf5 9 Bf2 Be7.
7 ... h5 8 Ngf3 Bg4 9 Qb3 Qb6 10 Bd3 Nf5 11 Bf2.
7 ... Qb6 8 b4.

8 Ngf3



8 Be2 Bg6 9 Bf2 c5 10 Ngf3 fxe5 11 dxe5 Nc6
12 Ng5 Ndxe5 13 O-O Qe7.

8 ... fxe5



9 Nxe5 Nxe5



10 fxe5 Ng6



11 Qh5 Qb6



12 b4 Be7



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