![]() ![]() ![]() It took some years, but in the early 20th century, the Caro-Kann was made popular on a large scale by the efforts of the 3rd World Chess Champion, José Raúl Capablanca. Unsurprisingly, the Caro-Kann did not find too many adherents, but as the concepts of positional chess developed, people began appreciating the qualities of the opening.” Yet, as Jovanka Houska states in her excellent repertoire book from 2015 (Opening Repertoire: The Caro Kann Everyman Chess 2015): “At the time, chess was very much in its ‘Romantic’ stage, a time when it was rude not to accept sacrifices, and gambits were all the rage. 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. 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 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. 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 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. “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 the Choice of World Champions Played by many strong GMs of the past and present (featured in several of World Championship Matches). ![]()
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