Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Van der Wiel Attack (6… c5 7. h4)
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4
The Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Van der Wiel Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO B12, reached after 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4. It is a line of the Caro-Kann Defense. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 153 times by this move order. White won 54%, 5% were drawn and Black won 41%. The most popular continuation is 7… h5 (63% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 7… h5 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Nxh5 Nc6 10. dxc5)
- ECO
- B12
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 7 | |
| 1500-1999 | 50 | |
| 2000+ | 96 | |
| All | 153 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7… h5 | 96 (63%) | |
| 7… h6 | 33 (22%) | |
| 7… cxd4 | 24 (16%) |
Master games
571 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 38%, draw 19%, Black 43%). The strongest:
- Stockfishdev-20250802-a37b38bd (3731) – Ethereal14.40 (3618) 1-0 · TCEC 28 Premier 2025 · 2025-08-23
- Ethereal14.40 (3618) – Stockfishdev-20250802-a37b38bd (3731) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 28 Premier 2025 · 2025-08-23
- LCZero0.31-dag-4d98c58-BT5-3700000 (3692) – Berserk20250622 (3650) 1-0 · TCEC 28 Premier 2025 · 2025-08-23
- Berserk20250622 (3650) – LCZero0.31-dag-4d98c58-BT5-3700000 (3692) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 28 Premier 2025 · 2025-08-23
- LCZero0.31-dag-5350a2e-BT4-6147500 (3634) – Stockfishdev-20240513-e608eab8 (3662) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 26 Superfinal 2024 · 2024-05-28
Highest-rated Lichess games
- SnoopyDoggy (2649) – BoneCrusher2020 (2726) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- SnoopyDoggy (2635) – IM liczner (2733) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- FM Podrebo (2606) – JeromePanoSoler (2698) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Van der Wiel Attack (3… Bf5 4. Nc3) 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3
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 (2. c4 d5) B10
- Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Modern Variation 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
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.