Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack, Mindeno Variation, Retreat Line

B11

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5

How it went

67 ours · 136 masters

White wins 49% Draws 9% Black wins 42%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Nakamura, Hikaru — Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 · 2012
Nakamura, Hikaru — Ding, Liren 1-0 · 2012
Vallejo Pons, F.. — Artemiev, V.. 1-0 · 2022
Fedoseev, Vl3 — Brunner, Lucas 1-0 · 2018
Anand, Viswanathan — Seirawan, Yasser 0-1 · 1993

Games in Spain

Vallejo Pons,F (2716) — Artemiev,V (2701) 1-0
Gonzalez Castillo,Jose Javier (2148) — Yoo,Christopher Woojin (2583) 0-1
Bernabeu Lopez,C (2420) — Fridman,D (2574) 0-1
Balint,Peter (2212) — Alonso Rosell,A (2562) 1-0
Schmider,Niklas (2388) — Alonso Rosell,A (2560) 0-1
Al Tarbosh,W (2224) — Alonso Rosell,A (2559) 1-0
Dann,M (2424) — Alonso Rosell,A (2552) 0-1
Al Tarbosh,W (2224) — Alonso Rosell,A (2538) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5
1 e4 c6 2 Nc3 d5 3 Nf3 Bg4 4 h3 Bh5
e4 c6 Nc3 d5 Nf3 Bg4 h3 Bh5
e4, c6, Nc3, d5, Nf3, Bg4, h3, Bh5