chessable Modern-Chess-Camp-Caro-Kann-Defence

[Event "SRB Central-ch op-A 9th"] [Site "Paracin"] [Date "2016.07.14"] [Round "9"] [White "Berkes, Ferenc"] [Black "Fang, Yuxiang"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2494"] [Annotator "GM Davorin Kuljasevic"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2016.07.07"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SRB"] [SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.08.29"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"] [SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 ({The actual move order from the game was:} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 {

The London system} c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 e6 8. Qb3 Qc8 9. Qb3 Qc8 9.

Bd3 {etc.}) 1... c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 {The exchange variation. These positions used to be considered harmless in the past, but due to the rise in the popularity of the London system and some new ideas for White, it became well-accepted that White could be ambitious with such a modest-looking setup against the Caro Kann, as well.} 4. Bd3 {Strategically speaking, the opening phase revolves around White trying to develop his bishop to f4-square and Black to f5 or g4.

At the same time, both sides are trying to prevent opponent's ideal development.} Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 (5... Qc7 {is the main alternative, trying to prevent Bf4.}) 6. Bf4 (6. Nf3 Bg4 {is already fine for Black.}) 6... e6 {[%csl Rc8] is inferior for Black as the light-squared bishop is passive.}) 7. e6 {[%csl Rc8] is inferior for Black as the light-squared bishop is passive.}) 7.

Qb3 Qc8 ({Other options are} 7... Qd7 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6) ({and the modern tactical sortie} 7... Nd2 e6 9. Nd2 e6 9.

Ngf3 {The same position can arise from one of the variations of the London system (see above).} Be7 10. O-O Bh5 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Qc2 Kh8 13. Rae1 Nxe5 14. (White won in the attack on move 25).} 1-0 [Event "Kalamaria op 5th"] [Site "Kalamaria"] [Date "2008.08.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Berg, Emanuel"] [Black "Salem, AR Saleh"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "2592"] [BlackElo "2443"] [Annotator "GM Davorin Kuljasevic"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2008.08.02"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,67,27,33,53,49,49,31,33,-2,-2,-2,6,13,21,18,18,18,18,25,23,22,22,19, 37,34,24,36,25,14,37,1,30,6,28,22,28,19,35,32,61,34,71,50,115,119,127,161,161, 111,133,126,405,162,299,289,321,276,273,244,244,244,318,286,354,405,426,289, 290,299]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 $5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nc6 5. d4 Nf6 (5... Nxe5 6. dxe5 {Typical structure with dxe5} e6 7. Bd3) (5... e6 6. Bb5 Qc7 7. Bb5 Qc7 7.

O-O Bd6 { preparing ...f7-f6.}) 6. c3 g6 7. Bb5 Bd7 {Black does not mind the exchange of this bishop - it can be a problematic piece (Ganguly-Ponomariov)} 8. Nxd7 ({ Squeeze strategy} 8. Bxc6 $5 Bxc6 9. Qxd7 9. Qxd7 9.

O-O Bg7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Qe2 (11. Nf3 {[%csl Ye5]}) 11... e6 12. Nb3 $5 {[%csl Yc5] anticipating the minority attack/preventing ...Na5-c4 plan (Predke-Rodshtein)} a6 13.

Bd3 { White's bishop pair is not such an important factor in this structure since black pawn chain limits white light-squared bishop. However, it can become very important if the position opens up favorably for White.} Qc7 14. Bg5 Rac8 (14... e5 $5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 {Typical structure with the isolated queens' pawn}

1. Rad1 Rfe8 $11) (14... a4

$1 b4 16. a4 $1 b4 16.

Nc5 bxc3 17. bxc3 a5 18. Rab1) 15. h3 Rfe8 16. f4 Nd7 17. Qf3 Qd6 18.

Bh4 b5 (18... f5 {Typical strategy with ...f7-f5 (Carlsen-Vidit)} 19. g4 b5) 19. f5 $5 (19. a3 $14 Nb6 20. Nc5) 19... gxf5 $6 (19... exf5 20. g4 (20. g4 (20.

Bg3 Qf6 21. Qxd5 Nb6) 20... fxg4 21. Qxf7+ (21. hxg4 $44) 21... g4 Nf6 $2 (20... Ne7 21. Ne7 21.

Bg3 $36) 21. Rae1 $40 Kh8 22. Bg3 fxg4 23. hxg4 e5

1. Qf5 Ne7 25. Qxe5 Qd7 26. Qxg4 27. Qxg4 27.

   Qxg4 Nxg4 28. Nc5 $18) 27. Bf5 $18 Qd8 28. Bxc8 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Qxc8 30. Bf4 h6 32. Bf4 h6 32.

   Nc5 Bf8

2. Nd3 Ne7 34. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2019.10.02"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"] [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2675"] [Annotator "GM Davorin Kuljasevic"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.09.30"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2020"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Solvay"] [BlackTeam "Beniajan Duochess CAC"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"] [BlackTeamCountry "ESP"] {[%evp 0,61,38,13,66,60,70,35,43,28,28,10,29,2,10,10,43,6,1,22,22,19,5,16,16, -6,28,29,26,27,27,34,35,37,25,-3,60,41,40,31,24,3,42,-15,-9,0,7,0,0,0,0,-6,-13, -8,-5,0,9,17,31,24,20,21,-5,8]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c3 Qc7 6. h3 {prophylaxis against ...Bg4} (6. h3 {prophylaxis against ...Bg4} (6.

Ne2 Bg4) 6... Nf6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Qc2 { prophylaxis against ...Bf5} (8. O-O Bf5 9. Bg7 9. Bg7 9.

O-O O-O 10. Re1 $14 {...e7-e5 and ... Bc8-f5/g4 are under control - White has a typical positional squeeze in the exchange variation. Black has a problematic piece in the light-squared bishop.} Nh5 11. Be3 Bd7 (11... Nf4 $5 12.

Bf1 Bf5 13. Qd2 Nh5 14. Qd1 Nf6 15. Nbd2 $14) 12. Na3 $5 {Sometimes the knight is well developed here in the exchange variation.} (12. a6 13. a6 13.

Qd2 Rfe8 {[#]} (13... b5 14. Nc2 Na5 15. b3 Rfc8 16. Nb4 $1 e6 17. g4 $1 {A start of the strong, space-grabbing strategy.} Nf6 15. g4 $1 {A start of the strong, space-grabbing strategy.} Nf6 15.

Bf4 Qb6 16. Ne5 $36 {An obvious positional initiative for White - Black is solid, but seems to lack a clear plan.} Rad8

1. f3 Bc8 $6 {A passive move, Black struggles to find a good employment for his light-squared bishop.} (17... Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Bc6 19. Rae1 $14) 18. Qh2 $1 {

A lovely queen maneuver, increasing control over e5-outpost.} Be6 $6 {The bishop is poorly placed here.} 19.

Re2 ({White could have obtained a strategically nearly winning position with} 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Nc2 $16 {[%cal Gh3h5,Re7e5,Rb7b5,Gf3f4,Gf4e5]}) 19... Rc8 20. Be3 Nd7 21. fxe5 f6 $132 23. exf6 exf6 24. exf6 exf6 24.

Rae1 Bf7 25. Kh1 Re7 26. Bc1 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Na5 28. Qg2 Qd8 29. Re1 Qd7 30.

Bf4 Bf8 31. Nc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "EU-ch 18th"] [Site "Minsk"] [Date "2017.05.31"] [Round "2"] [White "Predke, Alexandr"] [Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2566"] [BlackElo "2698"] [Annotator "GM Davorin Kuljasevic"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2017.05.30"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "BLR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 179"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,94,24,11,54,60,70,42,54,35,39,31,31,7,7,7,-3,-14,0,-2,7,7,4,-24,-3,-1, 7,12,-2,15,14,6,29,13,27,12,26,-56,3,-38,-91,-84,-84,-68,-49,-52,-81,-81,-75, -81,-89,-106,-83,-87,-71,-87,-70,-78,-87,-85,-89,-89,-35,-156,-116,-102,-93, -95,-129,-130,-138,-115,-107,-173,-174,-174,-163,-175,-188,-213,-211,-239,-225, -284,-259,-259,-251,-272,-247,-295,-309,-310,-317,-318,-317,-588,-605]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb5 e6 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Ne5 Bd7 7.

Nxd7 Qxd7 8. c3 Nf6

1. O-O Bd6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. f4 {White prepares the typical attacking scheme, while also increasing control over e5-outpost. Downside: permanently weakens e4-square.} (11. Qc7 12. g3 a6 13.

Bd3 b5 {Typical strategy: minority attack.} 14. a3 Na5 {Typical strategy: knight to the c4-outpost.} 15. a3 Na5 {Typical strategy: knight to the c4-outpost.} 15.

Qe2 Nc4 16. Nf3 {[%cal Gf3e5] [#]} Qb7 $1 { Typical strategy: knight to the e4-outpost.} ({Alternative way to take control over e4-outpost.} 16... Be7 $5 17. Ne5 Nd6) 17. Ne5 Rac8 {preparing ...Ne4.} ( 17... g4 $40 {[%cal Gf4f5] as in Berg-Salem.}) 18. f5 $6 {This looks dangerous, but White is not ready to open the position as black pieces are placed better.} (18. f5 $6 {This looks dangerous, but White is not ready to open the position as black pieces are placed better.} (18.

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