Chess Tactics in the Caro-Kann | Training Game #06

A 15+10 chess training game, trying to play the Keep it Simple Chessable repertoires from IM Christof Sielecki. This game I played the Caro-Kann variation with black and got the uncommon 2.f4
Disclaimer: I don't disclose specific content from the course. I try to play the lines as accurately as possible, but I haven't memorized the entire course, and I often make mistakes in the opening. If you wish to verify the correct lines, you'll need to explore the course on your own.
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0:00 - Game
32:25 - Tactics Time!
33:41 - About the Game

[@jaybingham3711]

White's opening is called the Grand Prix attack. Just YT it versus CK to identify best lines and tricks (such as gambiting h5 to castle long).

[@KeepChessSimple]

@@jaybingham3711 hm I can only find Grand Prix against the Sicilian but I guess some ideas are similar.

[@bluedr4ken259]

Thnx big bro. It really helped me a lot!!. Keep it up!!

[@KeepChessSimple]

Great to hear, thanks!

[@PAPPADASH]

F4 you want to play H5, Bishop C4, Knight H8, Knight F5, after you push the caro pawn like usual on move 2. The idea is if they push the pawn to attack your bishop you let them take opening you rook. Then you have bishop C5 mate or close to it with the rook and bishop or queen checking, it's just all kinds of nasty stuff. look at it with an engine.

[@KeepChessSimple]

Interesting!

[@PAPPADASH]

@@KeepChessSimple Yea G5 pawn break is useful in those position where they have the F pawn out to, to break up the 3 pawns apart. G5 is best in those positions sometime.

[@elkr79]

You can treat early f4 against Caro-Kann as very bad French defense for white. The most frequent scenario is something like
1. e4 c6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 Nh6 4. Nf3 e6 5. c3 c5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf5 8. Bf2 cxd4 (8... Qb6 is also possible, but it transposes to the given line) 9. Nxd4 Nfxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Qd2 Bd7,
and black has good French-type position: black lightsquare bishop is not so ugly there, and certainly it will have some activity on the board, and even in the worst case of scenario you will be able to exchange it for knight.

[@KeepChessSimple]

Thanks for commenting, that seems like an interesting line for sure!. Sielecki gives 3...c5 but mentions other moves also work well indeed.

[@alfredwitt7465]

Anstatt Lf5 in der Eröffnung hätte ich Da5 und dann auf Sc3 mit der Dame den Läufer geschlagen. Das wäre doch Figuren Gewinn, oder??!

[@KeepChessSimple]

Nc3 defends the Bishop there.