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Caro-Kann Defence Advance - 3...Bf5 4 Nd2 [B12]
The first three games, Grischuk - Ragger, Jakovenko - Lenic and Caruana - Eljanov all consider the Advanced Caro-Kann line starting with 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3:
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The positions are interesting, and theoretically it seems that Black is ok, at least for the moment.
Caro-Kann Defence Advance - Short Variation 3...Bf5 4 Nf3 [B12]
The next two games are again in the Advanced, but this time with Nigel Short's 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2:
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at this point they took different paths, in Beliavsky - Solak White played g4 and then tried to trap the black queen with g5, while in Heimann - Lenic White played to open the centre with c4.
Two different plans that remind us just how rich with possibilities this position is.
Scandinavian Defence [B01]
Benjamin - Schroer features the classical line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5, and now Joel Benjamin played the rare but highly dangerous line starting with 4.Bc4:
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Next we see 3...Qd6, which was recently played in the World Cup match Dominguez - Polgar:
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Dominguez played safe, with simple development, and managed to squeeze out an advantage.
Till next month, Milos.
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