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Caro-Kann Defense — all variations and ECO codes

110 named lines across 10 ECO codes (B10–B19). Source: the CC0-licensed lichess.org opening database.

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All 110 named variations

Every named line in the Caro-Kann Defense family, from the CC0-licensed ECO classification — not separately tracked for win rate, but every ECO code and move sequence is real, sourced data.

• B10Caro-Kann Defense (main line) — 1.e4 c6
• B10Caro-Kann Defense (main line) — 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3
• B10Caro-Kann Defense (main line) — 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5
• B12Caro-Kann Defense (main line) — 1.e4 c6 2.d4
• B12Caro-Kann Defense (main line) — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5
• B15Caro-Kann Defense (main line) — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3
• B15Caro-Kann Defense (main line) — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
• B10Accelerated Panov Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.c4
  B10Accelerated Panov Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5
  • B10Modern Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6
  • B10Open Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.c4 e5
  • B10Pseudo-Scandinavian — 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
  • B10Van Weersel Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Qb3
• B10Apocalypse Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Ne5
• B10Breyer Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d3
  • B10Stein Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 g6 4.Ngf3 Bg7 5.g3 e5 6.Bg2 Ne7 7.O-O O-O 8.b4
• B10Dinic Gambit — 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 dxe4 4.Ng5
• B10Endgame Offer — 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3
• B10Endgame Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 dxe4 4.dxe4 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1
• B10Euwe Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.b3
• B10Goldman Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qf3
• B10Hector Gambit — 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Ng5
• B10Hillbilly Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.Bc4
  • B10Schaeffer Gambit — 1.e4 c6 2.Bc4 d5 3.Bb3 dxe4 4.Qh5
• B10Labahn Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.b4
  • B10Double Gambit — 1.e4 c6 2.b4 d5 3.b5
  • B10Polish Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.b4 e5 3.Bb2
• B10Scorpion-Horus Gambit — 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d3 dxe4 4.Bg5
• B10Spike Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.g4
  • B10Scorpion-Grob Gambit — 1.e4 c6 2.g4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.d3
• B10St. Patrick's Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.h3
• B10Toikkanen Gambit — 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.e5
• B10Two Knights Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3
  • B11Mindeno Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4
    • B11Exchange Line — 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3
    • B11Retreat Line — 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5
• B12Advance Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5
  • B12Bayonet Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.g4
  • B12Botvinnik-Carls Defense — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5
  • B12Bronstein Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Ne2
  • B12Prins Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.b4
  • B12Short Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3
  • B12Tal Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4
  • B12Van der Wiel Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3
    B12Van der Wiel Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.h4
    • B12Dreyev Defense — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 Qb6

• Advance

  • B12Short Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Be2
• B12De Bruycker Defense — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 Na6
  B12De Bruycker Defense — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 Na6 3.Nc3 Nc7
• B12Edinburgh Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Qb6
• B12Maróczy Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3
  • B12Maróczy Gambit — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 dxe4 4.fxe4 e5 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Bc4
• B12Masi Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 Nf6
• B12Massachusetts Defense — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 f5

• Mieses Attack

  • B12Landau Gambit — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.e6
• B12Mieses Gambit — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3
• B12Modern Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2
• B12Ulysses Gambit — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Ng5
• B13Exchange Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5
  B13Exchange Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5
  B13Exchange Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bf4
  B13Exchange Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6
  • B13Bulla Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.g4
  • B13Rubinstein Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4
• B13Panov Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4
  B13Panov Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3
  B14Panov Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6
  B14Panov Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nf3 e6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bb5 Bg4
  B14Panov Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nf3 e6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bb5 Bd6 9.Bg5 O-O 10.O-O
  B14Panov Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 e6 7.c5
  • B13Gunderam Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.c5
  • B13Modern Defense — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6
    • B13Carlsbad Line — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6
    • B13Czerniak Line — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Qa5
    • B13Mieses Line — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4
    • B13Reifir-Spielmann Line — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Qb6
  • B14Fianchetto Defense — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
    • B14Fianchetto Gambit — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.cxd5 Bg7
  • B14Main Line — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4

• Panov-Botvinnik

  • B13Herzog Defense — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.d5 Na5
• B15Alekhine Gambit — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Bd3
• B15Alien Gambit — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Ng5 h6 6.Nxf7
• B15Campomanes Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
• B15Forgacs Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Bc4
• B15Gurgenidze Counterattack — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 b5
• B15Gurgenidze System — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 g6
• B15Main Line — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4
• B15Rasa-Studier Gambit — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.f3
• B15Tartakower Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6
  • B15Perlis Line — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.c3 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 h6
• B15von Hennig Gambit — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Bc4
• B16Bronstein-Larsen Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6
• B16Finnish Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 h6
• B17Karpov Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7
  • B17Modern Main Line — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4
  • B17Modern Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5
    • B17Ivanchuk Defense — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ndf6
    • B17Kasparov Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3
  • B17Smyslov Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6
    • B17Main Line — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bb3
  • B17Tiviakov-Fischer Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6
• B18Classical Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5
  B19Classical Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7
  • B18Flohr Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nh3
  • B18Main Line — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4
  • B18Maróczy Attack — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.f4
  • B19Lobron System — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7
  • B19Seirawan Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ngf6 11.Bd2 e6 12.O-O-O Bd6
  • B19Spassky Variation — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5
• B18Martian Gambit — 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng5 Bg6 6.N1f3 h6 7.Ne6

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