Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation, Rubinstein Variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4

ECO B13

The Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Variation, Rubinstein Variation is a chess opening line in the Caro-Kann Defense complex, reached after 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4.

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

The defining move Bf4 is chosen by White on move 6.

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