European Individual Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2018, Skopje, Macedonia
Comlicated middlegame in advanced Caro-Kann, GM David Navara - GM Nestorovic Nikola - GM David Navara, Blitz chess
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 Qc7 5. Nd2 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. Ndf3 e6 9. a3 Nge7 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Be3 Nf5 12. Ne2 Be7 13. h5 O-O-O 14. Rc1 Kb8 15. b4 Qb6 16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17. O-O Bg4 18. Ng3 f6 19. Bf4 Ka8 20. Re1 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Nxd4 22. Qe3 Rc8 23. Qd3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nc6 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. b5 Ne5 27. Qe2 Nc4 28. a4 0-1
“The Caro-Kann has often been maligned for being dry and boring, played by those wishing to bore their opponents to death.” – IM (WGM) Jovanka Houska
The Caro-Kann Defense is a popular chess opening for Black and enjoys the reputation of being one of the most solid responses to 1.e4.
It has also been a favorite opening of World Champions throughout history such as Capablanca, Botvinnik, Petrosian and Karpov, and has seen steady growth in popularity in recent years, played by modern Super-GMs such as Anand, Adams, and Leko.
The opening has been a guest at several World Chess Championship Matches throughout history, including, for instance, the match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov in 1987, the match between Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Leko in 2004, and the match between Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen in 2013.
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The Caro-Kann belongs to the group of semi-open chess openings for Black and occurs after the moves 1.e4 c6 (see the position on the right).
The opening was named in honor of two strong players from Germany, Horatio Caro and Marcus Kann, who contributed many ideas to the development of this opening at the end of the 19th century.
Blitz chess (also known as speed or fast chess) is a type of chess in which each player is given less time to consider their moves than normal tournament time controls allow. Openings, tactics and strategy are same.
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