Caro-Kann Defense
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Named variations of the Caro-Kann Defense
Our opening book catalogues 83 named variations in this family. Here they all are:
- Accelerated Panov Attack
- Accelerated Panov, Modern Variation
- Accelerated Panov, Open
- Accelerated Panov, Pseudo-Scandinavian Variation
- Accelerated Panov, Toikkanen Gambit
- Accelerated Panov, Van Weersel Attack
- Advance Variation
- Advance, Bayonet Attack
- Advance, Botvinnik-Carls Defense
- Advance, Bronstein Variation
- Advance, Prins Attack
- Advance, Short Variation
- Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3
- Advance, Tal Variation
- Advance, Van der Wiel Attack
- Advance, Van der Wiel, Dreyev Defense
- Alekhine Gambit
- Alien Gambit
- Breyer Variation
- Breyer, Stein Attack
- Bronstein-Larsen Variation
- Campomanes Attack
- Classical Variation
- Classical, Flohr Variation
- Classical, Martian Gambit
- Classical, Maróczy Attack
- Classical, Spassky Variation
- Classical, Spassky, Lobron System
- Classical, Spassky, Seirawan Variation
- De Bruycker Defense
- Euwe Attack
- Exchange Variation
- Exchange, Bulla Attack
- Exchange, Rubinstein Variation
- Fantasy Variation
- Fantasy Variation, Maróczy Gambit
- Finnish Variation
- Goldman Variation
- Gurgenidze Counterattack
- Gurgenidze System
- Hillbilly Attack
- Hillbilly, Schaeffer Gambit
- Karpov Variation
- Karpov, Ivanchuk Defense
- Karpov, Kasparov Attack
- Karpov, Main Line
- Karpov, Smyslov Variation
- Karpov, Tiviakov-Fischer Attack
- Labahn Attack
- Labahn, Double Gambit
- Labahn, Polish Variation
- Main Line
- Masi Variation
- Massachusetts Defense
- Mieses Attack, Landau Gambit
- Mieses Gambit
- Modern Variation
- Modern, Edinburgh Variation
- Panov Attack
- Panov, Fianchetto Defense
- Panov, Fianchetto Defense, Fianchetto Gambit
- Panov, Gunderam Attack
- Panov, Modern Defense
- Panov, Modern, Carlsbad Line
- Panov, Modern, Czerniak Line
- Panov, Modern, Herzog Defense
- Panov, Modern, Mieses Line
- Panov, Modern, Reifir-Spielmann Line
- Rasa-Studier Gambit
- Scorpion-Horus Gambit
- Spike Variation
- Spike, Scorpion-Grob Gambit
- St. Patrick's Attack
- Tartakower Variation
- Tartakower, Forgács Variation
- Two Knights Attack
- Two Knights, Caro-Kane Variation
- Two Knights, Hector Gambit
- Two Knights, Mindeno Variation
- Two Knights, Mindeno, Exchange Line
- Two Knights, Mindeno, Retreat Line
- Ulysses Gambit
- von Hennig Gambit
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