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Opening· 12 plies

Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Fianchetto Defense, Fianchetto Gambit

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO B14), reached after 12 half-moves: 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Bg7.

Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Fianchetto Defense, Fianchetto Gambit ECO B14
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About this opening

Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Fianchetto Defense, Fianchetto Gambit is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code B14. 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 12 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Bg7.

It belongs to the Caro-Kann Defense family. Within that family this is a level-3 branch (the Panov Attack → Fianchetto Defense → Fianchetto Gambit line). The immediate parent line is Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Fianchetto Defense, transitioned via 6…Bg7.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 c6, 2.d4 d5, 3.exd5 cxd5, 4.c4 Nf6, 5.Nc3 g6, 6.cxd5 Bg7. 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.