[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "BDG v Caro Kann Defence"] [Black "Variation A"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B15"] [Annotator "Martin & Alan"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2002.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nge2 $5 Nf6 5. Ng3 Bg4 6. Be2 $5 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 Qxd4 8. Bf4 $5 e6 9. Rd1 Qb6 10. Ncxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 {White is a pawn down but chess engines like White's position so lots of opportunity to explore further! We have been following Simons v Littleton in Nov 2017 which was agreed a draw around here but after} Nd7 ({What if Black takes the bait on b2?} 11... Qxb2 12. O-O {White is fully developed whereas only Black's queen is active and even that is exposed. There are a host of interesting lines here but after} Qb6 13. Qd3 Be7 14. Qg3 g6 15. Bd6 {White is completely winning as there are simply too many threats.}) 12. O-O {White is already better and after} O-O-O $2 13. Ng5 {the f-pawn is impossible to defend. In summary, there are a host of interesting lines here (with 4.Nge2) and, of course, its main advantages are that it bypasses the mass of theory surrounding a pure Ziegler and it is relatively unknown!} *