Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Open Variation

1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5

The Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Open Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO B10, reached after 1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5. 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 404 times by this move order. White won 50%, 4% were drawn and Black won 46%. The most popular continuation is 3. Nf3 (42% of games).

Engine evaluation: +0.55 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nxe5 O-O)

ECO: B10
Moves: 4 plies
FEN: rnbqkbnr/pp1p1ppp/2p5/4p3/2P1P3/8/PP1P1PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 3
PGN: 1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	89	44%52%
1500-1999	214	51%44%
2000+	101	51%45%
All	404	50%46%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
3. Nf3	168 (42%)	49%46%
3. Nc3	142 (35%)	49%48%
3. d4	46 (11%)	59%35%
3. f4	17 (4%)	47%53%
3. d3	14 (3%)	57%36%
3. a3	4 (1%)	25%75%
3. Qh5	4 (1%)	50%50%
3. c5	3 (1%)	67%33%

Master games

427 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 41%, draw 21%, Black 38%). The strongest:

PlentyChess6.0.14 (3588) – Integral7.0.0-dev-0d55bc02 (3576) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 28 Premier 2025 · 2025-08-23
Integral7.0.0-dev-0d55bc02 (3576) – PlentyChess6.0.14 (3588) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 28 Premier 2025 · 2025-08-23
GM Jeffery Xiong (2690) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2768) 0-1 · Saint Louis Blitz 2022 · 2022-08-29
GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2669) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2766) 0-1 · Chess.com RCC Wk13 Swiss · 2022-05-07
GM Baadur Jobava (2582) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2736) 0-1 · Speed Chess GP1 2021 · 2021-09-18

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Highest-rated Lichess games

GM Niksss2023 (2819) – CM matteorf2b (2699) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
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Comes from

Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack (1… c6 2. c4) 1. e4 c6 2. c4

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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.