Chessmate

Caro-Kann Defense · White

Tal 4...h5 Main Line, Queenside Expansion · White (B12)

Claim central space and open lines for the queen and the f1 bishop.

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Caro-Kann Defense · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B10–B15

Sample line with full explanations: Tartakower Variation, Kingside Castle.

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ECO B12

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  1. Tal 4...h5 Main Line, Queenside Expansion · WhiteSample

    1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Nbd2 Qb6 10. O-O O-O-O 11. c4 f6 12. Bf4 fxe5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Nh6 15. c5 Qc7 16. Ndf3 Rhf8 17. b4

  2. Tal 4...h5, ...Nh6 and Nd1-e3 · White

    1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. g3 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd1

  3. Tal ...Qb6 and ...Ne7, c-file Setup · White

    1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Nd2 Ne7 9. Ngf3 Nf5 10. O-O Nd7 11. c4 Be7 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Rfc1

  4. Tal 4...h6 and 5...Be4 Main Line · White

    1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Be4 6. f3 Bh7 7. e6 Qd6 8. exf7+ Kxf7 9. f4 Nf6 10. Nf3 Nxg4 11. Bh3 h5 12. Ne5+ Ke8 13. Bxg4 hxg4 14. Qxg4

  5. Tal 4...h6 and 5...Bd7 Tabiya · White

    1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. h5 e6 7. f4 c5 8. Nf3

  6. 3...c5 and ...e6, Consolidating c5 · White

    1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. dxc5 e6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Bd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nbxd2

  7. 3...c5 and Immediate ...Bg4, b4 Chain · White

    1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. dxc5 e6 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. b4 Nge7 8. O-O Ng6 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Nbd2

  8. 3...c5 and ...cxd4, Qf4 Tactical Line · White

    1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qf4 e6 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. Bd3 Ng6 9. Qg3 Bb4 10. h4 d4 11. a3 Qa5 12. axb4 Qxa1 13. Ne2 Nxb4 14. h5 Ne7 15. Qxg7 Nxd3+ 16. cxd3 Qa5+ 17. Kf1

  9. 3...c5 and ...Bg4, ...Nxe5 Central Break · White

    1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. dxc5 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Be3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nxe5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. c4 Nf6 11. Nc3

  10. Tal ...Qb6, Punishing ...Ng6 · White

    1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Nd2 c5 9. c4 cxd4 10. Ngf3 Nc6 11. O-O Nge7 12. Rfc1 Ng6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e6