Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5

ECO B13

The Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation is a chess opening line in the Caro-Kann Defense complex, reached after 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5.

It is catalogued under code B13 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move exd5 is chosen by White on move 3.

2 named continuations branch from this position, including the Bulla Attack and the Rubinstein Variation.

Named variations

• Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation, Bulla Attack — ECO B13
• Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation, Rubinstein Variation — ECO B13

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