for the ones who have Caro-Kann defence in thei...

Originally posted by savcalin
i'm curious with what other openings this opening can be combined in a repertoire..
thanks!

You could also play the Slav Defence against 1.d4 for a similar pawn structure 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6

Be warned that there can be a lot of theory in it.

The slavs ok i aint played it in ages its a nice oppening.....e4 you could play c6,d5 which is the caro kann,
But most people like to play c5🙂 against e4

I find the caro-kahn can morph into the french if forced by white.....

c6 is much more simpler than playing c5 against e4 for the most part

Originally posted by fierytorment
I find the caro-kahn can morph into the french if forced by white.....

c6 is much more simpler than playing c5 against e4 for the most part

Yes, and a lot more aggrivating as well.

I play the CK and have the same problem...fierytorment is right...esp. if White plays 3.e5...you get a French type set up that I dislike; when I see it, I want to start throwing pieces against the wall. I don't like to play the Sicilian either so I've tried the Ruy Lopez Breyer Variation a few times...seems to be OK. The only problem is finding a defense to the King's Gambit. In that case, 2....Bc5 throws some KG players off-stride.

Originally posted by savcalin
thanks!
what about against 1.e4?

The French can get lively, plus you can create counter chances.

Originally posted by masscat
I play the CK and have the same problem...fierytorment is right...esp. if White plays 3.e5...you get a French type set up that I dislike; when I see it, I want to start throwing pieces against the wall. I don't like to play the Sicilian either so I've tried the Ruy Lopez Breyer Variation a few times...seems to be OK. The only problem is finding a defense to the King's Gambit. In that case, 2....Bc5 throws some KG players off-stride.

If you want to avoid possibilities of transposing into the French, the King's gambit and the Sicilian then Alekhine's defence looks like being the only opening left.

Originally posted by DeepThought
If you want to avoid possibilities of transposing into the French, the King's gambit and the Sicilian then Alekhine's defence looks like being the only opening left.

I've thought about it...ever play it?

Sav...I couldn't even tell that was English. Maybe if I could understand what you were saying I might contradict it, but wow, at least fix the gross number of typos, please.

I think he's saying.....
CK is a useless opening and is only good if White plays the Panov which leads to an open game. Black has no future against other lines. The CK is wrong from the start because it blocks the N from going to c6. From the rest of it apparently he thinks Black lacks counterplay. Don’t be too harsh; it took me three years to learn to speak English, and his English is better than my Roumanian.

I wasn't being harsh, it was really nearly impossible to understand.