B15 is the opening Caro-Kann Defense of the volume B · Semi-open games: 5 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 13 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
4,310 games in the collections, from 1867 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2396.
White wins 39 %, draws 34 %, Black wins 26 %
Most games: Blatny, Pavel (65), Schneider, Bernd (54), Lechtynsky, Jiri (52), Komliakov, Viktor (48), Gaprindashvili, Nona (46)
All 13 variations
- Caro-Kann Defense 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3
- Caro-Kann Defense 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 dxe4
- Caro-Kann Defense: Alekhine Gambit 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 dxe4 4.♘xe4 ♘f6 5.♗d3
- Caro-Kann Defense: Alien Gambit 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 dxe4 4.♘xe4 ♘f6 5.♘g5 h6 6.♘xf7
- Caro-Kann Defense: Campomanes Attack 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6
- Caro-Kann Defense: Forgacs Variation 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 dxe4 4.♘xe4 ♘f6 5.♘xf6+ exf6 6.♗c4
- Caro-Kann Defense: Gurgenidze Counterattack 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 b5
- Caro-Kann Defense: Gurgenidze System 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 g6
- Caro-Kann Defense: Main Line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.♘d2 dxe4 4.♘xe4
- Caro-Kann Defense: Rasa-Studier Gambit 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 dxe4 4.f3
- Caro-Kann Defense: Tartakower Variation 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 dxe4 4.♘xe4 ♘f6 5.♘xf6+ exf6
- Caro-Kann Defense: Tartakower Variation, Perlis Line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 dxe4 4.♘xe4 ♘f6 5.♘xf6+ exf6 6.c3 ♗d6 7.♗d3 O-O 8.♕c2 h6
- Caro-Kann Defense: von Hennig Gambit 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 dxe4 4.♗c4