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Mikhail Botvinnik’s Caro-Kann Games

December 24, 2023 NHaselton Uncategorized

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The Caro-Kann played by Mikhail Botvinnik, the only world champion whose main defense to e4 was c6 for the majority of his career.

Learn the Caro-Kann from Anatoly Karpov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRSC9BatBTk&ab_channel=HangingPawns
Learn the Caro-Kann from Alireza Firouzja: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC8sQj7QhjE&ab_channel=HangingPawns
Learn the Caro-Kann from Gukesh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx-zF7J1HtQ&t=1s&ab_channel=HangingPawns
Learn the Caro-Kann from Nihal Sarin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut-2Uq1csZ0&t=1s&ab_channel=HangingPawns

If you wanna learn an opening, you should study games by top players that play it regularly. When it comes to the Caro-Kann, Mikhail Botvinnik is probably the player most famous for employing the opening. He used it in 3 world championships, and, most convincingly, to smash Tal in their 1961 rematch.

00:00 Intro

02:18 Smyslov – Botvinnik, 1958 World Championship, 1
Two Knights

19:57 Smyslov – Botvinnik, 1958 World Championship, 3
Classical, Bf5

33:55 Tal – Botvinnik, 1960 World Championship, 9
Classical, Bf5

46:01 Tal – Botvinnik, 1961 World Championship, 10
Tal Variation

56:19 Tal – Botvinnik, 1961 World Championship, 18
Tal Variation

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