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Caro-Kann Defense

ECO B12 · 130,840 games · Black to move

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1. e4 c6 2. d4
49% White6% Draw45% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
d5122,66193.7%Caro-Kann Defense B12
d64,0613.1%
e61,9461.5%
g68850.7%
Qc72260.2%
Nf62150.2%Caro-Kann Defense: Masi Variation B12
a61390.1%
e51310.1%
b5950.1%
Qb6890.1%
Qa5+860.1%
f6660.1%

A further 240 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

King's Pawn Game 1. e4Caro-Kann Defense 1... c6Caro-Kann Defense 2. d4

Other lines in this family

Caro-Kann DefenseB12… 2... d5124,211Advance VariationB12… 2... d5 3. e543,838Exchange VariationB13… 2... d5 3. exd5 cxd539,498Exchange VariationB13… 2... d5 3. exd538,646Caro-Kann DefenseB15… 2... d5 3. Nc331,531Main LineB15… 2... d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe428,002Caro-Kann DefenseB15… 2... d5 3. Nc3 dxe426,055Exchange VariationB13… 2... d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc616,197Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls DefenseB12… 2... d5 3. e5 c514,063Classical VariationB18… 2... d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf59,635

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.