Etymology

Caro-Kann Defence

Today it means: A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 c6, in which the white king's pawn advances two squares and the black king's bishop's pawn advances one square. Full definition →

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The story

Named after Horatio Caro and Marcus Kann.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.