Nice! Instead of 5...Nc6 a huge/critical variation is also 5...g6 where after 6. Qb3 , Black just gives up the d5 pawn for a long time with 6...Bg7 . I thought this would actually be more main/popular than Nc6. Also in reply to 5...Nc6 I expected 6.Bg5 (to avoid Bg4 entirely) where "awkward" 6...Be6 is not as awkward anymore and even supports Ne4 stuff! Anyway Caro is awesome glhf.
Great explanations! Caro-Kann is my goto against 1.e4 , and I am only 850 rated so I learnt a lot!
Fantastic!
Learning opening ideas and some easy variations is really important for gaining chess knowledge and rating!
Nice! Instead of 5...Nc6 a huge/critical variation is also 5...g6 where after 6. Qb3 , Black just gives up the d5 pawn for a long time with 6...Bg7 . I thought this would actually be more main/popular than Nc6. Also in reply to 5...Nc6 I expected 6.Bg5 (to avoid Bg4 entirely) where "awkward" 6...Be6 is not as awkward anymore and even supports Ne4 stuff! Anyway Caro is awesome glhf.
WOW, you know this theory so well! It is just amazing. Yeah Caro-Kann is awesome :)
A video covering Panov lines where white plays an early c5 would be great!
Maybe I should include that one as well, but normally c5 is not really good, becouse black quickly play b6 and white is in some trouble.
That was awesome since I also play Panov and Alapin.
Great to hear that from you! I also enjoy playing the Alapin Sicilian and my plan is to film the theory in this variation as well!
Thank you so much! You rock!!!