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The 745 selected annotated games offer outstanding material for study. Players such as Carlsen (1 annotated game), Andreikin (5), Anand (2), Adams (2), Duda (1), Eljanov (3), Firouzja (1), Gashimov (2), Giri (1), Harikrishna (1), Karjakin (1), Kasimdzhanov (3), Navara (2), Nepomniachtchi (1), Polgar (1), Radjabov (1), Wojtaszek (1) have analysed their games, with in addition Caro-Kann experts like Lukacs (361), Postny (41), Sumets (29) and Roiz (21). In all there are 9549 games where the average rating is at least 2575 (except for the annotated games and games by the specialists).
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The Caro-Kann Defence is named after the English chess master Horatio Caro (1862–1920) who lived in Berlin and the Austrian player Marcus Kann (1820–1886). However, the move 1...c6 was not particularly popular until the 1920s, when both Jose Raul Capablanca and Aaron Nimzowitsch took up the opening. When, in 1960/61, Botvinnik was looking for a reliable defence for his WCh matches against the feared sacrificial attacks of Mihail Tal, he chose the Caro-Kann. Tigran Petrosian and Anatoly Karpov were two other world champions who adopted 1...c6 in their repertoires.
=> More products: Caro-Kann DefenceThe database loads the games list. A double click loads a game. By using the Players tab you can sort the games according to frequency. This lets you take a closer look at players such as Dreev and Riazantsev (experts with the black pieces) or Karpov and Anand (both colours).
The games can be played through or further investigated with an engine or a Powerbook.