Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense
ECO B12 · 14,063 games · White to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
|---|
| c3 | 7,856 | 55.9% | | |
| dxc5 | 2,752 | 19.6% | | |
| Nf3 | 1,944 | 13.8% | | |
| Bb5+ | 397 | 2.8% | | |
| f4 | 337 | 2.4% | | |
| c4 | 289 | 2.1% | | |
| Be3 | 166 | 1.2% | | |
| Bd3 | 66 | 0.5% | | |
| Nc3 | 43 | 0.3% | | |
| h3 | 32 | 0.2% | | |
| h4 | 20 | 0.1% | | |
| Ne2 | 20 | 0.1% | | |
A further 141 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
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All 76 lines in the family
Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.