ECO B12

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Botvinnik-Carls Defense is a chess opening classified under ECO B12. Its defining line here is 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5.

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5

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The diagram shows the position after 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5. Play through it move by move in the interactive explorer.

Opening name, ECO code, and main line come from the Lichess open chess openings dataset.

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