1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. f3!?

[Thomas Katsampes]

Please e-mail me any games you have involving the above line.
Thank you very much.
\
thomas

----The Caro-Kann Defense: Solid and Strong- 1. e4 c6!----

[t newman]

I don't have any games (i'm just started taking up the ck myself) but
5...Bxe4 6.fxe4 e5! with the idea of dxe5? runs into Qh4+ I think is the
best line. Once I do have some games I'll email you though.
Later!

[Vincent Diepeveen]

In <iVTaiD...@alamo.net> kni...@alamo.net (Thomas Katsampes) writes:

>Please e-mail me any games you have involving the above line.
>Thank you very much.
>\
>thomas

I play the caro-kann myself, but this would be a happy surprise:

1. e4,c6
2. d4,d5
3. Nc3,de
4. Ne4,Bf5
5. f3?,

May be 5. ...,e5 !?
If this already works then forget the whole line.
Nowhere in caro-kann e5 should give equal position, so IF it works
then it means that white played dubious.

if 6.Ng3,Bg6 7.dxe,Qa5 and Qxe5

Also for endgame lovers (about 99% of the carokann players:)
5. ...,e5!? 6. Ng3,exd 7. Nxf5,Qa5 8.Qd2,Qxf5 9.Qxd4,Qxc2 (if Qxc2
is dubious then Nd7 should do the job) followed by Qc5 winning a pawn.

But Not the trick you are playing for 5. ...,Bxe4? fxe e5 and after
Nf3 followed by Bc4: 1-0

>----The Caro-Kann Defense: Solid and Strong- 1. e4 c6!----

...and winning in the ending

Bye the way what do you play after 1.e4,c5 2.Ne2
I was having trouble with it.

Vincent Diepeveen
vdie...@cs.ruu.nl
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[Vincent Diepeveen]

In <tn-290196...@128.89.18.206> tn (t newman) writes:

>In article <iVTaiD...@alamo.net>, kni...@alamo.net (Thomas Katsampes) wrote:
>

>> Please e-mail me any games you have involving the above line.
>> Thank you very much.
>> \
>> thomas
>>

>> ----The Caro-Kann Defense: Solid and Strong- 1. e4 c6!----
>

>I don't have any games (i'm just started taking up the ck myself) but
>5...Bxe4 6.fxe4 e5! with the idea of dxe5? runs into Qh4+ I think is the
>best line. Once I do have some games I'll email you though.
>Later!

You have a problem my friend: after 5. ...,bxe4 6.fxe4,e5 7. Nf3 you
can resign with black. How do you a walk-over?

[Wolfgang Kuechle]

Instead of Bxe4 Black should simply develop his pieces with 5.Nd7 and 6.Ngf6 or
6.e5. 5.Nf6 !? looks also pretty good to me. Did I miss something ?
I suppose 5.f3?! is pretty useless if Black doesn't exchange on e4.

Regards,
Wolfgang Kuechle