1. e2e4  1... c7c6  2. d2d4  2... d7d5  3. b1c3  3... d5e4  4. c3e4 This was once the undisputed main line of the Caro-Kann Defense. Nowadays the advance variation (4.e5) is also very popular. 4... g8f6 The fashionable move, supplanting 4...Bf5 and 4...Nd7. 5. e4f6  5... e7f6 [%c_effect f6;square;f6;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] There was a time when capturing with the g-pawn was considered the best move, but today's computers have a clear preference for taking with the e-pawn. Despite having doubled pawns and granting White a dangerous pawn majority on the queenside, it seems that Black's free piece development is a good compensation. 6. c2c3  6... f8d6  7. f1d3  7... e8g8  8. d1c2 