The Advance Caro-Kann is considered to be the best response to the Caro-Kann defense. But it gives black a ton of counterplay, and white could end up in trouble very early on. In this game, my opponent allowed a common strategic motif which gave me inmmense pressure on the d pawn and his position crumbled very quickly. A 16-move win!
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 { B12 Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation } e6 5. a3 Nd7 6. Be2 Ne7 7. c4?! { (0.32 → -0.24) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. b4 a5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7) 7… dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. h3? { (0.15 → -1.05) Mistake. Nbd2 was best. } (9. Nbd2 Nd5 10. O-O Bh5 11. h3 Be7 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Re1 a5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Bd3 c5) 9… Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nf5 11. Qg4? { (-1.01 → -2.21) Mistake. Qc3 was best. } (11. Qc3) 11… Nb6 12. Bd3 Qxd4?! { (-2.20 → -1.31) Inaccuracy. Nxd4 was best. } (12… Nxd4) 13. Bxf5 Qxe5+ 14. Be3?? { (-1.45 → -3.65) Blunder. Be4 was best. } (14. Be4 f5 15. Qf4 Qxe4+ 16. Qxe4 fxe4 17. Nc3 O-O-O 18. Nxe4 Nc4 19. b3 Nd6 20. Ng5 h6) 14… exf5 15. Qe2 Nd5 16. O-O?! { (-3.68 → -5.74) Inaccuracy. Nd2 was best. } (16. Nd2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 18. fxe3 O-O-O 19. Nc4 f6 20. Ke2 f4 21. Rad1 fxe3 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8) 16… f4 { White resigns. } 0-1
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