Chess - Half-open game openings

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Caro-Kann defense The Caro-Kann defense is a semi-open chess game opening characterized by moves: e4 c6 It was touted and found a first theoretical formulation in the nineteenth century by the English chess player Horatio Caro, who carried out part of his activity in Germany, which published some analyzes in 1896, and from a minor player, Markus Kann, of Viennese origin. Adopted by Szymon Winawer in 1883, it was made known and appreciated by José Raúl Capablanca. At the 1958 world championship between Vasilij Smyslov and Mikhail Botvinnik it was used very often and in the 1960s it became topical. Today it is adopted by many great masters. Anatolij Karpov has used it many times against Garri Kasparov for the world match. The Caro-Kann defense turns out to be the fourth most played against 1.e4 after the Sicilian defense, the 1 ... e5 push and the French defense #chess #Caro-Kann defense #Half-open game