Mikhail Botvinnik's Caro-Kann Games

The Caro-Kann played by Mikhail Botvinnik, the only world champion whose main defense to e4 was c6 for the majority of his career.

Learn the Caro-Kann from Anatoly Karpov:    • Anatoly Karpov's Caro-Kann Games  
Learn the Caro-Kann from Alireza Firouzja:    • Alireza Firouzja's Caro-Kann Games  
Learn the Caro-Kann from Gukesh:    • D. Gukesh's Caro-Kann Games  
Learn the Caro-Kann from Nihal Sarin:    • Nihal Sarin's Caro-Kann Games  

If you wanna learn an opening, you should study games by top players that play it regularly. When it comes to the Caro-Kann, Mikhail Botvinnik is probably the player most famous for employing the opening. He used it in 3 world championships, and, most convincingly, to smash Tal in their 1961 rematch.

00:00 Intro

02:18 Smyslov - Botvinnik, 1958 World Championship, 1
Two Knights

19:57 Smyslov - Botvinnik, 1958 World Championship, 3
Classical, Bf5

33:55 Tal - Botvinnik, 1960 World Championship, 9
Classical, Bf5

46:01 Tal - Botvinnik, 1961 World Championship, 10
Tal Variation

56:19 Tal - Botvinnik, 1961 World Championship, 18
Tal Variation

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