Devil's opening

I've been having trouble against the caro-kann and I know I saw you will not see me play the caro-kann but i'm waiting for prayer time and though I would get 2 blitz games in.

[Event "ICC 2 12 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "guest1673"]
[Black "guest6422"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "Unregistered player White disconnected and forfeits"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: Steinitz variation"]
[ECO "B17"]
[NIC "CK.09"]
[Time "20:39:24"]
[TimeControl "120+12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3
Bg4 8. O-O e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. g5 Ne4 14.
Kg2 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 16. Qg4 Qxg4+ 17. hxg4 Rh2+ 18. Kf3 Ke7 19. Rh1 Rah8
20. Rxh2 Rxh2 21. Ke2 f5 22. g5 Bf4 23. d5 cxd5
{Unregistered player White disconnected and forfeits}
0-1

[Event "ICC 5 1 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "guest6987"]
[Black "guest6422"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defense"]
[ECO "B10"]
[NIC "CK.01"]
[Time "20:45:37"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]

1. e4 c6 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d4 Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nc6
8. O-O Bxf3 9. Rxf3 Qxd4+ 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Rd3 Nc6 12. Bb5 e6 13. Be3 Be7
14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. a3 Rfc8 19. Bd4
Bc5 20. b4 Bxd4+ 21. Rxd4 g6 22. g4 Rc3 23. Ra1 Rac8 24. Rdd1 Kf8 25. f5 Ke7
26. fxg6 hxg6 27. h4 Rg3+ 28. Kh2 Rxg4 29. Rg1 Rxh4+ 30. Kg3 Re4 31. a4 Rxb4
{White resigns}
0-1

Boo ya, i'm black in both case but once again you will not see me play the caro-kann.

Originally posted by RahimK
I've been having trouble against the caro-kann and I know I saw you will not see me play the caro-kann but i'm waiting for prayer time and though I would get 2 blitz games in.

[Event "ICC 2 12 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "guest1673"]
[Black "guest6422"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "Unregistered player White ...[text shortened]... n you will not see me play the caro-kann.

I like the Advance Variation against the Caro-Kann. There is little theory and Kasparov and Short I think have both written a bit about it. It is a surprisingly aggressive line. It involved rapid development with Nf3, Be2, 0-0, Be3 Nbd2 and maybe c4 to attack Black's strongpoint at d5.

Which is your favourite line to play as White?

Originally posted by Positional Player
I like the Advance Variation against the Caro-Kann. There is little theory and Kasparov and Short I think have both written a bit about it. It is a surprisingly aggressive line. It involved rapid development with Nf3, Be2, 0-0, Be3 Nbd2 and maybe c4 to attack Black's strongpoint at d5.

Which is your favourite line to play as White?

I'll give it a bash next time. I tend to play the Borstein-Larsen variation (3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6!? 5.Nxf6 ) but this tends to lead to draws.

Originally posted by Positional Player
I like the Advance Variation against the Caro-Kann. There is little theory and Kasparov and Short I think have both written a bit about it. It is a surprisingly aggressive line. It involved rapid development with Nf3, Be2, 0-0, Be3 Nbd2 and maybe c4 to attack Black's strongpoint at d5.

Which is your favourite line to play as White?

I hate playing against the caro. I used to play the classical 4.Bf5 and 4.Nd7 as white but after my otb games against the caro, basically 3 draws I've got frustrated.

I'm thinking about learning the advanced like you mentioned. I like the short line and i'm thinking about maybe playing c3. Similar to the french but black has his bishop out.

The Nc3 g4 h4 stuff is pretty crasy also. I'll see if I like that.