Opening guide
Caro-Kann Defense (B10) — win rates at club level
1.e4 c6, playing as black — data from 45,817,917 Lichess blitz & rapid games at 1600-1800.
The position
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How it scores at your rating
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| Rating band | Games | White / draw / Black | Score for black |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1600-1800 | 45,817,917 | 47.0% / 4.3% / 48.6% | 50.8% |
| 1400-1600 | 36,451,931 | 47.0% / 3.9% / 49.1% | 51.0% |
| 1800-2000 | 44,614,061 | 47.2% / 5.0% / 47.8% | 50.3% |
| 2000+ | 37,477,326 | 47.8% / 6.4% / 45.8% | 49.0% |
What white actually plays next
Top replies at 1600-1800:
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| Move | Games | Played | Win / draw / loss |
|---|---|---|---|
| d4 (Caro-Kann Defense) | 19,242,679 | 42.0% | 48.5% / 4.3% / 47.1% |
| Nf3 | 14,102,144 | 30.8% | 45.8% / 4.5% / 49.6% |
| Bc4 (Caro-Kann Defense: Hillbilly Attack) | 3,563,488 | 7.8% | 43.1% / 4.1% / 52.7% |
| Nc3 (Caro-Kann Defense) | 2,767,794 | 6.0% | 46.7% / 4.3% / 48.9% |
| f4 | 2,355,885 | 5.1% | 48.4% / 3.7% / 48.0% |
| d3 (Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Variation) | 1,038,247 | 2.3% | 46.6% / 4.6% / 48.8% |
Common mistakes at 1600-1800
- Bc4 is played in 7.8% of games here but scores only 45.1% for white. After Bc4, d5 is the most common answer and scores 55.4% for black.
Model games
Real games from the Lichess masters database.
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| White | Black | Result | Year | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlsen, M. (2856) | Firouzja, Alireza (2804) | 1-0 | 2021 | View game |
| Ding, Liren (2791) | Carlsen, Magnus (2863) | ½-½ | 2020 | View game |
| Ding, Liren (2791) | Carlsen, Magnus (2863) | 1-0 | 2020 | View game |
| Carlsen, M. (2832) | So, W. (2815) | 1-0 | 2017 | View game |
| Carlsen, M. (2832) | So, W. (2815) | 0-1 | 2017 | View game |
Recent club games in this line
Recent rated games at 1600-1800 — not model games, just what actually happens at that rating.
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| White | Black | Result | Year | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| newgbs (1766) | Minusa-65 (1819) | 0-1 | 2026 | View game |
| AndreyShi1204 (1738) | cireneo (1787) | 1-0 | 2026 | View game |
| hashim38 (1679) | mannylokz (1683) | ½-½ | 2026 | View game |
| enripicc19 (1714) | hossamsalem15 (1611) | 1-0 | 2026 | View game |
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