Library/Openings/Caro-Kann Defense/Advance Variation/Van der Wiel Attack/Dreyev Defense ECO B12
Opening· 8 plies

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Van der Wiel Attack, Dreyev Defense

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO B12), reached after 8 half-moves: 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 Qb6.

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Van der Wiel Attack, Dreyev Defense ECO B12
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About this opening

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Van der Wiel Attack, Dreyev Defense is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code B12. ECO group B (B00–B99) covers semi-open games (1.e4 with Black playing anything other than 1…e5), with the Sicilian, French, Caro-Kann and Pirc/Modern at its heart. This particular variation is reached after 8 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 Qb6.

It belongs to the Caro-Kann Defense family. Within that family this is a level-3 branch (the Advance Variation → Van der Wiel Attack → Dreyev Defense line). The immediate parent line is Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Van der Wiel Attack, transitioned via 4…Qb6.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 c6, 2.d4 d5, 3.e5 Bf5, 4.Nc3 Qb6. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.