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Openings / B12

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5

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Evaluation
+0.28 (White's view)
White to move, best
g1f3
Main line
g1f3 e7e6 f1e2 c6c5 c1e3
Depth
24, Stockfish 17
FEN
rn1qkbnr/pp2pppp/2p5/3pPb2/3P4/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 1 4

Unlike the French, the c8 bishop gets out before ...e6. White chooses between the Short System (4.Nf3, 5.Be2) and the sharper 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4.

Get this from the API

curl -s https://stockfishapi.com/v1/eval \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STOCKFISH_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"fen":"rn1qkbnr/pp2pppp/2p5/3pPb2/3P4/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 1 4","depth":24,"multipv":3}'
const res = await fetch("https://stockfishapi.com/v1/eval", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.STOCKFISH_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "fen": "rn1qkbnr/pp2pppp/2p5/3pPb2/3P4/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 1 4",
    "depth": 24,
    "multipv": 3
  }),
});
const data = await res.json();
import os, requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://stockfishapi.com/v1/eval",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['STOCKFISH_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "fen": "rn1qkbnr/pp2pppp/2p5/3pPb2/3P4/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 1 4",
        "depth": 24,
        "multipv": 3
    },
)
data = r.json()

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