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♛ Find the Breyer Variation of the Caro-Kann Defense shown in the video in this blog-post –
The Caro-Kann Defense is one of the most solid chess openings for Black against the King’s Pawn Opening 1.e4. It arises after Black plays 1…c6, aiming to play 2…d5 on the next move.
In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov shares a simple and aggressive opening for White to counter the Caro-Kann Defense. This approach is easy to learn and relatively unknown to most players who favor the Caro-Kann Defense as Black.
It is the Breyer Variation, which arises after White plays 2.d3 instead of the mainline 2.d4. The moves are as follows: 1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Bf4 dxe4 4.Nc3. Here, White adopts a gambit style, sacrificing a pawn to gain a lead in development and launch a quick attack.
Since most opponents are unfamiliar with this opening, they often play the most obvious moves: 4…exd3 5.Bxd3. This sequence gives White numerous attacking opportunities due to the superior development.
In fact, White can achieve victory in only 8 moves in the most common lines. That’s how tricky and aggressive this opening variation is!
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► Chapters
00:00 Aggressive Opening To Counter The Caro-Kann Defense
00:16 Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Variation 2.d3
00:38 1) Mainline, 3…dxe4
02:55 White wins in 8 moves in the most played line
04:00 If Black does NOT fall for the trap
05:46 2) If Black plays 3…Nf6
06:27 3) If Black doesn’t play exd3
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This has nothing to do with the video but i watched your free masterclass a hour ago and even though I lost I performed way better than usual thank you i made some bad sacrifices and had an embarrassing loss tho but i'll keep practicing.
GM Igor Smirnov has done it again. He's given us a real brain teaser, an opening variation this time around which threatens the viability of our beloved Caro-Kann, a favored defense of Gotham Chess. We can sidestep the trickery of the Breyer Variation by emulating Ivanchuk's handing of the Caro-Kann in his game with Ljubojevic. (See Ljubojevic vs Ivanchuk, Linares 1990 for details.) Instead of playing 2…d5, Ivanchuk played 2…e5, preventing White from placing his bishop on f4 on move three. Here is a sample opening sequence of how the game might proceed, giving Black a decent position.
1. e4 c6 2. d3 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Be2 d6 5. O-O g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 h6 10. Bh4 Qc7 11. Qc2 exd4 12. cxd4 Re8 13. Rac1 Nf8 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15. e5 dxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Nc4 Nxe5 18. Ncxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Qd2 Qg7
White has the bishop pair but is down a pawn. The position is equal.
Is there a way to counter Qb6 after Bf4, attacking the now-undefended pawn on b2?
1:00 if Nd7 – exd5, cxd5 – d4
1:00 if a6 – Nd2, Nf6 – Ng3, c5 – Be2
1:46 if Qb6 – Qd2, Qxb2 – Rb1, Qa3 – Bxb8, Rxb8 – Nb5, Qc5 – Nc7+
2:37 if Be6 – 0-0-0, Qa5 – Kb1, Nbd7 –
1:02 how if black played Qb6 after Bf4
5:38 how if black played Be7 only not Bb4
Not quite. The problem is that after Qe2 black will simply play Nd5 to trade off pieces. The resulting position is completely equal with no prospects of a white advantage. White could meet this with Bd2, but such a tempo loss will not lead to anything. Note that in this line the usual white tactics against Bf7 and/or Bb5+ don't present themselves because the c8 bishop hasn't moved yet. Yes white has a few tempi for the pawn, but this is meaningless because black has no structural defects. There are sharp lines vs the CK that don't involve gambits – play one of these instead!
Your videos are terrible. Please block me from interacting with you. I am thumbs-downing on all your videos. They are so contrived and useless.
oh so youre the reason ppl started playing some weird variation against me
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