[Event "The Caro Kann: The Two Knights Variation"] [Date "2020.10.31"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B10"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack"] [StudyName "The Caro Kann"] [ChapterName "The Two Knights Variation"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/IR7ixp0h/NhY2bMDa"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/LucienJaccon"] [UTCDate "2020.10.31"] [UTCTime "00:21:50"] [Orientation "black"] 1. e4 c6 { The Caro Kann... } { [%cal Gc6d5,Gd7d5] } 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 { The 2 knights! } { [%csl Gf3,Gc3] } 3... Nf6 4. e5 { [%cal Re5f6] } 4... Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 e6 7. c3 { [%cal Gb2e5,Gf7d5,Gd5b7] } 7... c5 { If the pawn takes our 'C' pawn, we take with the bishop, a development move! } { [%cal Gd4c5,Gf8c5] } 8. Ng3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxg3 10. hxg3 { The doubled pawns are that bad, it opens the 'H' file for the Rook, and the pawns control some important squares. } { [%csl Rg2,Rg3][%cal Rh1h8,Gg3f4,Gg2f3,Gf2e3,Gg2h3,Gg3h4] } 10... Nc6 11. Nf3 h6 { [%cal Gf8c5,Rc5f2,Ga7a6,Gc8d7,Ge8g8,Gh8f8,Rb6f2] } *