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Caro-Kann Defense — opening family

110 catalogued lines · ECO B10–B19

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The shortest catalogued line of the family runs 1. e4 c6 — the position below. The continuation chips count how many catalogued lines extend this head with each next move; any branch can be explored on the interactive tree and played against the engine from there.

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Main continuations

All 110 lines

NameECOMain line length
Caro-Kann DefenseB102 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer VariationB103 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Spike VariationB103 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov AttackB103 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Euwe AttackB103 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Labahn AttackB103 plies
Caro-Kann DefenseB123 plies
Caro-Kann DefenseB103 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Hillbilly AttackB103 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov AttackB104 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Open VariationB104 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Massachusetts DefenseB124 plies
Caro-Kann DefenseB124 plies
Caro-Kann DefenseB104 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: De Bruycker DefenseB124 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Masi VariationB124 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Toikkanen GambitB105 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Labahn Attack, Double GambitB105 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance VariationB125 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Maróczy VariationB125 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Endgame OfferB105 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: St. Patrick's AttackB105 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Labahn Attack, Polish VariationB105 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Modern VariationB125 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Mieses GambitB125 plies
Caro-Kann DefenseB155 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights AttackB105 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Goldman VariationB105 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange VariationB135 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls DefenseB126 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Gurgenidze CounterattackB156 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Gurgenidze SystemB156 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Edinburgh VariationB126 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Campomanes AttackB156 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack, Mindeno VariationB116 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: De Bruycker DefenseB126 plies
Caro-Kann DefenseB156 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Pseudo-ScandinavianB106 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange VariationB136 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Bayonet AttackB127 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Prins AttackB127 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Tal VariationB127 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Bronstein VariationB127 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short VariationB127 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Van der Wiel AttackB127 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Spike Variation, Scorpion-Grob GambitB107 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Rasa-Studier GambitB157 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Scorpion-Horus GambitB107 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Dinic GambitB107 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Ulysses GambitB127 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation, Bulla AttackB137 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov AttackB137 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: von Hennig GambitB157 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Hillbilly Attack, Schaeffer GambitB107 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Hector GambitB107 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Van Weersel AttackB107 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange VariationB137 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Main LineB157 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Apocalypse AttackB107 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Van der Wiel Attack, Dreyev DefenseB128 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack, Mindeno Variation, Retreat LineB118 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack, Mindeno Variation, Exchange LineB118 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Finnish VariationB168 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange VariationB138 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov VariationB178 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical VariationB188 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Modern VariationB108 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short VariationB129 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Mieses Attack, Landau GambitB129 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Gunderam AttackB139 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov AttackB139 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Alekhine GambitB159 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation, Modern VariationB179 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Fianchetto DefenseB1410 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov AttackB1410 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Endgame VariationB109 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Modern DefenseB1310 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation, Modern Variation, Ivanchuk DefenseB1710 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Tartakower VariationB1510 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Bronstein-Larsen VariationB1610 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Maróczy Variation, Maróczy GambitB1211 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation, Rubinstein VariationB1311 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Main LineB1811 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Maróczy AttackB1811 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Alien GambitB1511 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Flohr VariationB1811 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation, Modern Variation, Kasparov AttackB1711 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Modern Defense, Carlsbad LineB1312 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Main LineB1412 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Modern Defense, Czerniak LineB1312 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Modern Defense, Reifir-Spielmann LineB1312 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Modern Defense, Mieses LineB1312 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Fianchetto Defense, Fianchetto GambitB1412 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Forgacs VariationB1511 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Van der Wiel AttackB1213 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov AttackB1413 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation, Tiviakov-Fischer AttackB1712 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Martian GambitB1813 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical VariationB1914 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov-Botvinnik, Herzog DefenseB1314 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation, Smyslov VariationB1714 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Variation, Stein AttackB1015 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Spassky VariationB1915 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation, Smyslov Variation, Main LineB1715 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov AttackB1416 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Tartakower Variation, Perlis LineB1516 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov AttackB1419 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation, Modern Main LineB1719 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Lobron SystemB1924 plies
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Seirawan VariationB1924 plies