Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Modern Variation
1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6
The Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Modern Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO B10, reached after 1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6. It is a line of the Caro-Kann Defense. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 886 times by this move order. White won 50%, 7% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 5. Nc3 (57% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 59; best line 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bf5)
- ECO
- B10
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 55 | |
| 1500-1999 | 390 | |
| 2000+ | 441 | |
| All | 886 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. Nc3 | 506 (57%) | |
| 5. Qa4+ | 128 (14%) | |
| 5. Bb5+ | 116 (13%) | |
| 5. d4 | 65 (7%) | |
| 5. Nf3 | 33 (4%) | |
| 5. Bc4 | 25 (3%) | |
| 5. g3 | 4 (0%) | |
| 5. d6 | 4 (0%) |
Master games
1,731 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 39%, draw 25%, Black 36%). The strongest:
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2840) – GM Gukesh D (2732) 1-0 · 14th Norway Chess 2026 · 2026-06-05
- GM Kacper Piorun (2681) – GM David Navara (2735) 1/2-1/2 · 17th ch-EUR Indiv 2016 · 2016-05-21
- GM Rauf Mamedov (2657) – GM Evgeny Tomashevsky (2758) 1/2-1/2 · World Blitz 2015 · 2015-10-14
- GM Li Chao2 (2732) – GM Viktor Laznicka (2647) 0-1 · World Rapid 2017 · 2017-12-28
- GM Vadim Zvjaginsev (2660) – GM Ruslan Ponomariov (2710) 1/2-1/2 · World Blitz 2015 · 2015-10-13
Highest-rated Lichess games
- delapoutre (2538) – AlwaysLookingForMore (2698) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Garry-Kasparov2400 (2659) – DreamDestructor_2012 (2536) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 600 + 0s
- legko2019 (2666) – IM dmchess007 (2519) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack (2. c4 d5) 1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5
More Caro-Kann Defense lines (all)
- Caro-Kann Defense (1. e4 c6) B10
- Caro-Kann Defense (1… c6 2. Nc3) B10
- Caro-Kann Defense (2. Nc3 d5) B10
- Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack (1… c6 2. c4) B10
- Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Open Variation B10
- Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Pseudo-Scandinavian B10
- Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Van Weersel Attack B10
- Caro-Kann Defense: Apocalypse Attack B10
- Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Variation B10
- Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Variation, Stein Attack B10
- Caro-Kann Defense: Dinic Gambit B10
- Caro-Kann Defense: Endgame Offer B10
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.