The Caro-Kann is an active defense, and it very often gives you counterattacking options if your opponent starts an untimely attack, as was the case in this game. We both had very active pieces, with bishops looking at opposing kings, rooks on open files, and centralized queens and knights, and I managed to create a double threat simply because he tried to include his rook into the attack prematurely.
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 { B17 Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation, Modern Variation, Kasparov Attack } e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Re1 b6 10. c4 Bb7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nf5 O-O 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Qc2 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Re3 Rd6 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Rae1 a5 21. Rg3 b5 22. cxb5 Qxc2 23. Bxc2 Rd2 24. Rc3 Nd5 25. Rc5 Nf4 26. Rc7 Nxg2 27. Rc1 Nf4 28. Rxb7 Ne2+ 29. Kg2 Nxc1 30. Nxf7 Rf8 31. Bg6 Rxb2 32. h4 Rd2 33. h5 Nd3 34. Bxd3 Rxd3 35. Ne5 Rxa3 36. Ng6 Re8 37. f4 Rb3 38. Ne7+ Kh7 39. f5 Rxe7 40. Rxe7 exf5 41. Re5 a4 42. Rxf5 a3 43. b6 Rxb6 44. Ra5 Rb3 45. Ra6 Kg8 46. Ra7 Kf8 47. Kf2 Rh3 48. Kg2 Rxh5 49. Rxa3 Kf7 50. Ra6 Rf5 51. Kg3 Rf6 52. Ra7+ Kg6 53. Kg4 h5+ 54. Kh4 Rf4+ 55. Kg3 Rg4+ 56. Kh3 Kh6 57. Ra8 Rf4 { White resigns. } 0-1
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