The Chess Website. The first few moves in the chess opening lays the foundation for every chess game.
Most of the chess openings have been named and analyzed for hundreds of years. It is important if you want to be successful in chess to be familiar with some of the most popular openings and understand the theory behind the moves. The Chess Website. The Caro-Kann Defense is one of the most popular openings in response to the King’s Pawn Opening. 1. e4 c6 Black responds with 1….c6 with the idea of thrusting forward with d5 on the next move, attacking the white central pawn on e4.
The Caro-Kann Defense is one of the few defenses in chess where black can reach equality in the main line and many people would consider black to have a better position, especially in the end game when the main line is played out. PGNPLAYER.