Caro-Kann Defense: Campomanes Attack

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6

ECO B15

The Caro-Kann Defense: Campomanes Attack is a chess opening line in the Caro-Kann Defense complex, reached after 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6.

It is catalogued under code B15 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Nf6 is chosen by Black on move 3.

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