Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3

ECO B10

The Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack is a chess opening line in the Caro-Kann Defense complex, reached after 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3.

It is catalogued under code B10 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Nf3 is chosen by White on move 3.

One named continuation branches from this position: the Mindeno Variation.

Named variations

• Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack, Mindeno Variation — ECO B11

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