Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Variation, Stein Attack
1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. b4
The Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Variation, Stein Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO B10, reached after 1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. b4. 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 1 times by this move order. White won 100%, 0% were drawn and Black won 0%. The most popular continuation is 8… f5 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 8… a5 9. Bb2 d4 10. a3 Be6 11. Ng5)
- ECO
- B10
- Moves
- 15 plies
- FEN
rnbq1rk1/pp2npbp/2p3p1/3pp3/1P2P3/3P1NP1/P1PN1PBP/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 0 8- PGN
1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. b4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8… f5 | 1 (100%) |
Master games
27 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 52%, draw 11%, Black 37%). The strongest:
- GM Yuniesky Quesada Perez (2615) – GM Suri Vaibhav (2597) 0-1 · Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup · 2019-10-08
- GM Alexei Fedorov (2532) – IM Ramil Faizrakhmanov (2488) 1/2-1/2 · Kurnosov Mem Rapid 2021 · 2021-09-10
- GM Anton Demchenko (2619) – IM Viachaslau Zarubitski (2393) 1-0 · Titled Tue 10th Feb 2026 · 2026-02-10
- FM David Zakarian (2408) – IM Jonathan Hawkins (2511) 0-1 · 4NCL 2013-14 · 2013-11-16
- GM Alder Escobar Forero (2482) – IM David Brodsky (2405) 1-0 · CCCSA Winter GMA 2018 · 2018-01-13
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- Wichmann1 (2103) – chespirituu (2152) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Variation 1. e4 c6 2. d3
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: 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.