Chess: Understanding the Caro-Kann Defense Part V

1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 Bf5 4 Nc3 e6 5 g4 Bg6

6 Nge2 c5 Line

What's the game plan for White?

What's the game plan for Black?

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Line A

1 e4 c6

2 d4 d5

3 e5
3 ... Bf5

3 ... c5 4 dxc5 e6 5 Be3 Nh6 6 c3 Nf5 7 Bd4 Bd7

8 Nf3 Nc6 9 a3 a5 10 Be2 a4 11 O-O Be7 12 Bd3.
3 ... c5 4 dxc5 e6 5 Nf3 Bxc5 6 Bd3 Nc6 7 O-O
7 ... Nge7 8 Bf4 Ng6 9 Bg3 O-O.
3 ... c5 4 dxc5 e6 5 Qg4 h5 6 Qf4 Bxc5 7 Bd3 Qb6.
3 ... Na6 4 c3 Nc7 5 Bd3 g6 6 Ne2 h5 7 O-O Nh6
8 Nd2 Bf5 9 Nf3 Qd7 10 Ng3 Bxd3 11 Qxd3 Nf5 12 e6
12 ... Qxe6.
3 ... g6 4 f4 h5 5 c4 Nh6 6 Nc3 Be6 7 Qb3 Qb6
8 c5 Qc7 9 Be3 Nd7 10 Nf3 Bg4 11 Nd2 h4 12 h3
12 ... Be6.
4 Nc3

4 h4 h5 5 c4 e6 6 Nc3 Be7 7 cxd5 cxd5 8 Bd3 Bxd3

9 Qxd3 Nc6 10 Nf3 Rc8 11 O-O Nh6 12 Bxh6 Rxh6.
4 Be3 e6 5 c3 Nd7 6 Nd2 Ne7 7 f4 Bg6 8 Ngf3 c5.
4 Ne2 e6 5 Ng3 Bg6 6 h4 h5 7 Be2 c5.
4 Be2 e6 5 Nf3 c5 6 Be3 cxd4 7 Nxd4 Ne7 8 c4 Nbc6
9 Qa4.
4 Nd2 e6 5 Nb3 Nd7 6 Nf3 Ne7 7 Be2 c5 8 Nxc5 Nxc5
9 dxc5 Nc6 10 Be3 Bg4 11 O-O Bxf3 12 Bxf3 Nxe5 13 Be2.
4 Bd3 Bxd3 5 Qxd3 e6 6 Nc3 Qb6 7 Nge2 Ne7 8 O-O Nd7
9 a4 c5 10 a5 Qa6.
4 g4 Be4 5 f3 Bg6 6 h4 h5 7 Ne2 e6 8 Nf4 hxg4
9 Nxg6 fxg6 10 Qd3 Rxh4 11 Qxg6+ Kd7 12 Bg5 Qa5+
13 Bd2 Qd8.
4 c4 e6 5 Nc3 Ne7 6 Nge2 dxc4 7 Ng3 Nd7 8 Bxc4 Nb6
9 Bb3 Bg6 10 O-O Qd7 11 Be3 O-O-O.

4 ... e6
4 ... Qb6 5 Nf3 e6 6 Be2 Ne7 7 O-O Nd7 8 b3 Bg4
9 Na4 Qc7 10 c4 Nb6 11 Nb2 dxc4 12 Nxc4 Ned5
13 Bd2.
4 ... a6 5 Be3 Qc7 6 h4 h5 7 Nge2 e6 8 Ng3 Bg6
9 Be2 c5 10 f4 cxd4 11 Qxd4 Nc6 12 Qa4.
4 ... h5 5 Bd3 Bxd3 6 Qxd3 e6 7 Nf3 Nd7 8 O-O Be7
9 Ne2 Nh6 10 c3 Nf5 11 Ng3 g6 12 Bf4 h4 13 Nxf5
13 ... gxf5 14 Qd2 Rg8.

5 g4

5 Bd3 Bxd3 6 Qxd3 Qb6 7 Nge2 Ne7 8 O-O Nd7

9 a4 c5 10 a5 Qa6.
5 Be3 Nd7 6 Nge2 c5 7 dxc5.
5 h4 h5 6 Nf3 Bg4 7 Be2 c5 8 Be3 Nc6
9 dxc5 Bxf3 10 Bxf3 Nxe5.
5 Nge2 c5 6 Be3 Nd7 7 dxc5.

5 ... Bg6

6 Nge2

6 h4 h5 7 g5 c5.

6 ... c5
6 ... Ne7 7 Nf4 c5 8 h4 cxd4 9 Nb5 Nec6 10 h5 Be4
11 f3 a6 12 fxe4 axb5 13 exd5 exd5 14 Bg2 Bb4+
15 Kf1.
6 ... f6 7 Nf4 fxe5 8 dxe5 Bf7 9 Qe2 Nd7 10 Bg2 Qc7
11 Nd3 Ne7 12 f4 h5.
6 ... Be7 7 Be3 Nd7 8 Qd2 h5 9 Nf4 Nf8.
6 ... Bb4 7 h4 Be4 8 Rh3 h5 9 Ng3 c5 10 Bg5 Qb6
11 Ngxe4 cxd4 12 Nd6+ Bxd6 13 exd6 dxc3
14 Rxc3 Nd7 15 Rb3 Qxd6 16 Rxb7 Ngf6.
6 ... h6 7 Be3 Nd7 8 Nf4 Bh7 9 Qd2 Ne7.
6 ... Qh4 7 Nf4 Nh6 8 h3 Bb4 9 Ng2 Qe7.

7 h4
7 Be3 Nc6 8 dxc5 Nxe5 9 Nd4 Nd7 10 b4 Be7.
7 Nf4 Ne7 8 dxc5 Nec6 9 h4 Qc7 10 h5 Qxe5+
11 Nfe2 Be4 12 Bf4 Qf6 13 g5 Qe7 14 Nxe4 dxe4.

7 ... h5

7 ... h6 8 Be3 Qb6 9 h5 Bh7 10 Qd2 Nc6 11 O-O-O

11 ... c4
12 f4 Qa5 13 f5 b5 14 Nxd5 Qxd2+ 15 Bxd2 exd5
16 Bg2 O-O-O.
7 ... cxd4 8 Nxd4 h5 9 Bb5+ Nd7 10 Bg5 Be7.
7 ... Nc6 8 h5 Be4 9 Rh3 h6 10 Nxe4 dxe4 11 Bg2
11 ... cxd4 12 Bxe4.
7 ... f6 8 exf6 Nxf6 9 Nf4 cxd4 10 Qxd4 Nc6 11 Qe3
11 ... e5 12 Nxg6 hxg6.

8 Nf4
8 ... Bh7

8 ... Nc6 9 Nxg6 fxg6 10 Ne2 Qb6 11 Nf4 cxd4

12 Bd3 Nxe5 13 Nxg6 Nxg6 14 Bxg6+ Kd7.
8 ... Be4 9 f3 cxd4 10 Nb5 Bh7 11 Nxh5 Nc6 12 f4.

9 Nxh5
9 g5 cxd4 10 Nb5 Be4 11 f3 Bf5 12 Nxd4 Ne7
13 Bb5+ Nbc6.
9 Bb5+ Nc6 10 Nxh5 cxd4 11 Qxd4 Nge7 12 Bh6
12 ... Rg8 13 O-O-O a6 14 Bxc6+ Nxc6 15 Qf4.

9 ... cxd4

9 ... Nc6 10 dxc5 Bxc5 11 Bb5 Qc7 12 Bxc6+ Qxc6

13 Qf3 Kf8.

10 Qxd4
10 Nb5 Nc6 11 Nxd4 Nge7 12 c3 Nxe5
13 Bb5+ N5c6 14 Bg5 Qc8.

10 ... Bxc2

10 ... Nc6 11 Bb5 Nge7 12 Bh6 Rg8 13 O-O-O a6

14 Bxc6+ Nxc6 15 Qf4.

11 Bg5 Qa5
Line B

1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 Bf5 4 Nc3 e6 5 g4 Bg6

6 Nge2 c5

7 h4 cxd4

8 Nxd4
8 Qxd4 Nc6 9 Qa4 h5 10 Nf4 Bh7 11 Nxh5 a6.

8 ... h5

9 f4
9 Bb5+ Nd7 10 Bg5 Be7 11 f4 hxg4
12 Qxg4 Bxg5 13 fxg5 Bh5 14 Qg3.

9 ... hxg4

9 ... Qd7 10 f5 exf5 11 gxf5 Bxf5 12 Nxf5 Qxf5

13 Qxd5 Nc6.

10 Qxg4
10 Bb5+ Nd7 11 f5 Rxh4 12 Rf1 exf5 13 e6 fxe6
14 Nxe6 Qe7 15 Qe2 Kf7.

10 ... Nh6

11 Qg2
Line C

1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 Bf5 4 Nc3 e6 5 g4 Bg6

6 Nge2 c5

7 h4 h6

8 Be3 Qb6
9 h5 Bh7

10 Qd2 Nc6
11 O-O-O c4

12 a3
Line D

1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 Bf5 4 Nc3 e6 5 g4 Bg6

6 Nge2 c5

7 h4 f6

8 Nf4 Bf7
9 exf6 cxd4

10 Qxd4 gxf6
11 Qa4+ Nc6

Line E

1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 Bf5 4 Nc3 e6 5 g4 Bg6

6 Nge2 c5

7 h4 Nc6
8 h5 Be4

9 Rh3 h6
10 Nxe4 dxe4

11 Bg2 cxd4
12 Bxe4 Qa5+

13 Kf1 Qxe5
14 Bxc6+ bxc6

15 Qxd4 Qxd4
16 Nxd4