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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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► 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
I really enjoyed this
Few more videos and I'll beat magnus 😂😂
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4…Nf6 (iso 4…exd3) and White can't take on e4 for exactly the same reason. The other idea is to play 5…Bg4. The thumbrule is simple: don't take on d3.
This gambit is crap and will prevent White from climbing the ELO ladder.
My opponent played the Caro-Kann in my first game after watching this. It worked like a charm. You rock!
I have huge respect to to the GMs. And chess wise doms. In general
But I do have to say , is chess almost being ruined. Feels like classic and natural discoveries are long into past.
My view as an example, my dad took huge pride in raising me with a chess board. Explaining the peices, value and theory. Amongst alot more , they were great games in memory. Win.. loss.. loss.. win!! Natural discoveries.
Rather than racing towards something like a pride less win. Because I saw this on Sunday. And I'm better , hrharr!
Back to story. Many cups of tea later ,I studied. Watched. Listened
What would seem as being all for the better, I didn't realise I had broken a moment, and never loosing, due to borrowed/shown theory.
Point being here did I make it , or did I really just break it
Learn steady peeps 👍
I just play the Ne2 line that you showed in another video 😂
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I’ve reached 2000 with all your tip🎉 Thanks a lot❤
Hey, Igor fans, how do you deal with a friend who hums or drums his fingers on the table when it's your move? Would you poke him in the eye with a pawn, or bring the queen out?
He knows that it puts me off my game. Does anyone else get this?
I think the opponent is likely to play Nf6 without taking a second pawn. Seems like that’s tough for white.
0:32 in that position, I as black would never take e4. If I can't develop my light square bishop, I would move e6
Is it just me, or does GM Igor have a secret beef with Gotham chess?? 😂😂…. Either way, I love ur videos, it helped me improve my chess alot.
This hurt me as a caro kann player
Its okay. I play the caro kann and would never play any of those moves lol
Thanks I like that video
expecting your opponent is idiot is not a valid strategy
This doesn't work out so well if on move 7, black plays Be6. That puts pressure on the a2 pawn, and after 0-0-0, black can play Qa5, adding to the pressure, and suddenly white's knight is tied down to defending a pawn. Black's position is better than white's, and he still has the pawn advantage with no clear way to recoup the loss. The good thing is that black doesn't know of find that reply very often, so this situation should win more often than it loses. I would definitely work this into my games if I were a blitz/bullet player, but as a rapid/classical player (where this position has happened far too infrequently to make strong judgments about how often you will face e6), I'll look for lines where the worst outcomes are a little more even.
A video on the Grunfeld or you think it's too theoretical? There's a lot of tactics in that opening
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.