Hello everyone! In this video I share all of the lines that I’ve researched on the 3…c5 Caro-Kann with my main recommendations and what I’ve found along the way through my research. 🔬
I was doing some personal preparation because I’ve always had a descent score playing the Advance variation as white, but I struggled finding out the subtleties on the board behind the many setups that black can employ with 3…Bf5, I also decided to bolster my repertoire further by researching this line which I hope proves to be useful for you as well. :)
As usual, feel free to skip around using the timestamps if you are interested in one specific variation and I hope you enjoy this video!
Pgn file on this variation:📝 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x6JNvdVmcSpeCRp7qiRiQr-HcbgpEdr4/view?usp=sharing
Videos I’m working on right now:
1. 1.c4 repertoire for white [as requested by a youtube commenter]
2. White against the Caro-Kann | 3…Bf5 Mainline
3. Open to suggestion :)
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Sources used:
1. Finegold B. Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation [Internet]. 2022 [cited 9 June 2022]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMm2WRuCEMA
2. Chessable. Understanding Chess Openings: 1. e4 - Part 1: Caro-Kann 3. e5 [Internet]. 2021 [cited 9 June 2022]. Available from: https://www.chessable.com/understanding-chess-openings-1-e4-part-1/course/87039/
3. Chessfactor. Caro-Kann Defense | Advance Variation | Ideas, Plans & Strategies ⎸Chess Openings | Astaneh Chess [Internet]. 2019 [cited 9 June 2022]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRmwIRYnm8A&ab_channel=Chessfactor
4. Chessfactor. Mainline of the Advance Variation | GM Zoltan Medvegy [Internet]. 2020 [cited 9 June 2022]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTTJn_W0F_w&list=PL9RQPxG_e-LmAUUZTU2_tvzAaqk500PHD&index=4&ab_channel=Chessfactor
5. Logozar E. 1. e4: A Comprehensive White Repertoire [Internet]. 2018 [cited 11 June 2022]. Available from: https://www.chessable.com/1e4-a-comprehensive-white-repertoire/course/8209/
6. So W. Lifetime Repertoires: Wesley So's 1. e4 - Part 2 [Internet]. 2021 [cited 11 June 2022]. Available from: https://www.chessable.com/lifetime-repertoires-wesley-sos-1-e4-part-2/course/51855/
Timestamps:
0:00 Prologue
1:09 Introduction to the Botvinnik-Carls variation
3:14 TLDR of the lines that I recommend
6:21 4th Move Alternatives
8:02 4.dxc5 Bf5?
8:21 4.dxc5 Qa5?!
9:29 4.dxc5 Nc6?!
26:15 4.dxc5 e6 5.a3 5th Move Sidelines
33:17 4.dxc5 e6 5.a3 Nc6 [Important Major Sideline that will continue until 1:20:03]
34:23 7…Be7 Setup with 8.b5 Nb8!?
45:27 7…Be7 Setup with 8.b5 Na5!?
46:42 Summary of the inferior 7…Be7 Setups
46:58 7…Bb6 Intro
47:32 8.Bb2 Nh6?!
47:50 8.Bb2 f6!? Early f6 complications
1:00:06 8.Bb2 Nge7 Intro
1:02:01 9…Ng6? Typical Mistake
1:06:14 9…0-0 Mainline
1:20:03 5…Bxc5 Mainline Intro
1:22:05 6.Qg4!
1:22:12 6…Kf8?!
1:22:46 6…g6?!
1:32:31 6…Ne7 7.Nf3 Main of Mainlines
1:33:12 7…Nf5?!
1:35:02 7…Qc7?!
1:35:51 7…Nbc6
1:40:01 7…Qb6! Critical & aggressive line
1:49:46 7…0-0 Mainline
2:00:41 Closing
P.S. Apologies for not covering the main of mainlines very much in-depth because it is someone else’s material, but you can always do analysis on those lines yourself with Stockfish :)