The authors recommend the Botvinnik-Carls against the Advance Caro-Kann. Here is a position from a 3…c5 game I analyzed recently and couldn’t help falling in love with! This unknown position was played in the game between Paszewski with white against Vetoshko’s Caro-Kann in 2024. Let’s evaluate this semi-closed typical center they reached on move 17 for white. Who is better and why? This type of structure is very common in the Be3-d4 Botvinnik-Carls Defense.
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