Stockfish 16 shows the BEST WAY to beat the Caro-Kann Defense!

Brutal attack by Stockfish 16 against the Caro-Kann Defense.
PGN OF THE GAME:
[Event "CCRL 40/15"]
[Site "CCRL"]
[Date "2024.01.12"]
[Round "913.6.152"]
[White "Stockfish 16 64-bit 4CPU"]
[Black "Stormphrax 4.0.0 64-bit 4CPU"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "3630"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Main Line"]
[Termination "Unterminated"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 { B18 Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Main Line } h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. f4 O-O 14. Qf3 Qc7 15. c4 Rad8 16. Kb1 Rfe8 17. Bc3 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Nb6 20. Nf5 Qc8 21. Ne3 c4 22. g4 h5 23. Ka1 Bc5 24. g5 Ng4 25. N5xg4 hxg4 26. Nxg4 Qf5 27. h5 Nxd5 28. h6 Nxc3 29. hxg7 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qc2 *
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[@blijebij]

It everytime surprizes me how fast (in most cases) Stockfish creates an advantages and pressures dominating and disrupting the opponents structure! It simply is brilliant! Very instructive indeed, thanks loved it!! I can not wait for Stockfish 17 , I heared its based on a new more evoluated neural network. curious what it all will show.

[@lethallohn]

More evolved neural network sounds awesome. Where did you hear about this? I'd love to look into it.

[@blijebij]

@@lethallohn Well ehm thats the bad news!! I asked Bard google and its famous about its hallucinations. So its absolutely not a reliable source. Have to be honest here. Yet as all chess lovers ofc It gave me something to wish for!! So i hope that maybe a crumble of it is true. No idea really. If you really want I could email Stockfish foundation about this? Maybe they share some :)

[@gheffz]

Brilliant analysis, Josip. Thank you. I did enjoy it.

[@ahmedben7083]

Instructive game and instructive analysis model game To handle this variation thanks Mozarov for stockfish chess academy

[@prussianblue14]

i hate the line 4......Nf6

[@torstencuber9114]

Dear Josip, i beg your pardon, but I don't agree with your analysis of the game. After my analysis, the move 20.-Qc8? was the decisive error. Much better was 20.- Nbxd5! I agree with your analysis in this line up to 29.g4. But subsequently there is no forced win in sight! For example, after 29.-Rd6! 30.g5 Qf5 31.Rhe1 Bd8! Black has much better chances to defend than in the line played in the game. After the actually played move 20.-Qc8? White is much better!

[@arthurbraden4102]

I do not understand ... players that know the Caro-Kann Defense know that 7. ... Nd7 prevents 8. Ne5 and if you want to involve Stockfish you will find 7. ... e6 scores much more poorly than 7. ... Nd7. Stockfish will suggest Black is "immediately equal" after 7. ... Nd7 and that White has a .3 point advantage estimate after 7. ... e6. White's pressure builds here because Black plays the wrong opening move. GMs may experiment with 7. ... e6 because they are constantly looking for opening alternatives to test and prepare for their opponent.

[@Epikur63]

maybe worth noting that 7. ... e6 is a good sideline for black which is e.g. covered in Vidit Gurathis chessbase DVD "The fashionable Caro-Kann"; mainline is 7. ... Nd7 to prevent Ne5. But: If you allow 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 it is not good to play Nf6: The whole idea of luring the white knight to e5 is to follow up with 10. ... Nd7 to simplify the position later with an exchange of knights on e5. That plan may be too long term for the engine.

[@raylopez99]

As white I play Fischer's favorite vs the Caro-Kann, which is the exchange variation. Statistically the Short variation of the advance variation scores the best for white, but it gives a cramped position. The classical line, unless you are Stockfish, usually favors black.

[@joseraulcapablanca8564]

A brilliant plan from the fish. Thank you Josip.