Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Spassky Variation

B19

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5

How it went

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White wins 35% Draws 21% Black wins 44%

Continuations

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Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Lobron System B19 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 83 Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Seirawan Variation B19 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Bd6 4

Master games

Kasparov, Garry — Anand, Viswanathan 1-0 · 2003
Kramnik, Vladimir — Bareev, Evgeny 1-0 · 2003
Shirov, Alexei — Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 · 2002
Topalov, Veselin — Vallejo Pons, Francisco 1-0 · 2006
Anand, Viswanathan — Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 · 2006

Games in Spain

Estrada Nieto,J (2231) — Maghsoodloo,Parham (2719) 0-1
Pichot,A (2638) — Mizzi,Jack (1960) 1-0
Bashirov,Kemal (2328) — Chigaev,M (2624) 1/2-1/2
Shirov,A (2616) — Brunello,S (2483) 0-1
Villar Perez,S (2231) — Ruck,R1 (2498) 0-1
Bayo Milagro,Alvaro (2285) — Zierk,S (2488) 1/2-1/2
Campora,D (2351) — Gines Esteo,Pedro Antonio (2477) 1/2-1/2
Ayats Llobera,Gerard (2421) — Gines Esteo,Pedro Antonio (2471) 1/2-1/2

This line is also written

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 dxe4 4 Nxe4 Bf5 5 Ng3 Bg6 6 h4 h6 7 Nf3 Nd7 8 h5
e4 c6 d4 d5 Nd2 dxe4 Nxe4 Bf5 Ng3 Bg6 h4 h6 Nf3 Nd7 h5
e4, c6, d4, d5, Nd2, dxe4, Nxe4, Bf5, Ng3, Bg6, h4, h6, Nf3, Nd7, h5