Caro-Kann Defense: Mieses Attack, Landau Gambit
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. e6
The Caro-Kann Defense: Mieses Attack, Landau Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO B12, reached after 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. e6. 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 12 times by this move order. White won 83%, 0% were drawn and Black won 17%. The most popular continuation is 5… fxe6 (67% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.49 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 5… Nf6 6. exf7+ Kxf7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Ne5+)
- ECO
- B12
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. e6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 1500-1999 | 10 | |
| All | 12 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… fxe6 | 8 (67%) | |
| 5… Nf6 | 3 (25%) | |
| 5… Nb6 | 1 (8%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- amarques2013 (1981) – BabyQueens (1976) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- Bigrolo (1933) – minhvolang (1941) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- RW_05 (1956) – cireneo (1889) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Caro-Kann Defense (2. d4 d5) 1. e4 c6 2. d4 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 (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.