Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...c6/2. d4/2...d5/3. e5/3...Bf5/4. Nf3/4...e6

Caro-Kann Defence - Advance Variation
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) rn1qkbnr/pp3ppp/2p1p3/3pPb2/3P4/5N2/PPP2PPP/RNBQKB1R w
Moves: 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6

Caro-Kann Defence - Advance Variation

White seemingly has a large number of choices here, although 5.Be2 is most commonly played. 5.a3 and 5.c3 are two reasonable alternatives - none of the others have given white much success.

Theory table

For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation..

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6

	5
	Be2
	a3
	c3
	Be3	-+
	Nbd2	-+
	Nc3	-+
	c4	-+
	Bg5	-+

References

• Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.
• Modern Chess Openings: MCO-14. 1999. Nick de Firmian, Walter Korn. ISBN 0-8129-3084-3.
• Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.