Caro-Kann Defense: Gurgenidze System

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 g6

ECO B15

The Caro-Kann Defense: Gurgenidze System is a chess opening line in the Caro-Kann Defense complex, reached after 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 g6.

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

The defining move g6 is chosen by Black on move 3.

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