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Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...c6/2. d4/2...d5/3. e5/3...Bf5/4. Nf3/4...e6
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Caro-Kann Defence - Advance Variation
White seemingly has a large number of choices here, although 5.Be2 is most commonly played. 5.a3 and 5.c3 are two reasonable alternatives - none of the others have given white much success.
Theory table
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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6
5
Be2
a3
c3
Be3
-+
Nbd2
-+
Nc3
-+
c4
-+
Bg5
-+
References
Caro-Kann
Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. 1-8574-4221-0.
Modern Chess Openings: MCO-14. 1999. Nick de Firmian, Walter Korn. 0-8129-3084-3.