Tree path 10 levels King's Pawn Game › Caro-Kann Defense › Caro-Kann Defense › Caro-Kann Defense › Exchange Variation › Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation › Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack › Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack › Fianchetto Defense › Fianchetto Gambit
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Fianchetto Defense, Fianchetto Gambit
Overview
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Fianchetto Defense, Fianchetto Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO B14, Semi-Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.
It begins with 12 plies and takes 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Bg7 to reach the canonical position.
The line refines Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Fianchetto Defense, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- B14
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 12
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Statistics from Lichess
80,422 games · White 46.1% / Draw 8.1% / Black 45.8%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Bc4 | 35,589 | |
| Nf3 | 17,082 | |
| Bb5+ | 11,666 | |
| Qb3 | 9,674 | |
| Be2 | 1,317 | |
| Be3 | 1,056 | |
| Bg5 | 932 | |
| g3 | 735 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:35:42
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