Before I get to the game, here is my inspiration for 2.c4 vs the Caro-Kann.
[Event "Manila"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Miguel Illescas-Cordoba"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 g6
7.Qb3 Nb6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Ne5 e6 10.Ne4 Be7 11.d4 Bxb5 12.Qxb5+
N8d7 13.Bh6 a6 14.Qe2 Bb4+ 15.Kf1 Nd5 16.Nxf7 Kxf7 17.Ng5+ Ke8
18.Qxe6+ Qe7 19.Qxd5 Kd8 20.Ne6+ Kc8 21.Rc1+ Bc5 22.Bg5 Qf7
23.Qd6 Nb8 24.Rxc5+ Nc6 25.Be7 1-0
And to a lesser extent this ...
[Event "III Chess Masters Enghien-les-Bains FRA"]
[Site "Enghien-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "1999.03.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Nf3
a6 7. d4 Nb6 8. Ne5 Nbxd5 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Nxd7 1-0
.......
Back to my game ...
It's only unrated, but it gets pretty wild toward the end.
[Event "ICS unrated blitz match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2010.07.27"]
[White "paulbuchman"]
[Black "ommane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[TimeControl "180"]
1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 a6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Qb3 Bg7
8.d4 O-O 9.a4 e6 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Qxb7 Nbd7 12.Bf4 Qb6 13.Qxb6 Nxb6
14.Bd6 Rfe8 15.Ne5 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Bxc4 17.Kd2 Bb3 18.Ra3 Be6 19.b4 Nd5
20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.f3 Rac8 22.Rc3 Bh6+ 23.Kc2 f6 24.Ng4 Re2+ 25.Kd1 Rd2+
26.Ke1 Re8+ 27.Be5 Bf4 28.Nxf6+ Kf7 29.Rc7+ Re7 30.Rxe7+ Kxe7 31.Nxd5+ Kd7 32.Nxf4 Ra2 33.Rf1
{ommane resigns} 1-0
On move 24, my c3 rook looks in desperate trouble. Fortunately for me, my position has quite a few resources.
27.Be5! is the true lifesaver.
Towards the end, we were both in desperate time trouble (under a minute each).
This was quite an exciting game for me though.
I hope you enjoyed it.
