The Panov-Botvinnik Attack is a variant of the exchange varation of the Caro-Kann defense named after Vasily Panov and the world champion Mikhail Botvinnik. It starts with the following moves:

1. e4 c6

2. d4 d5

3. exd5 cxd5

4. c4

The main line is

4. .. Nf6

5. Nc3

There are two main moves for Black in this position:

Variation 5. .. Nc6

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Variation 5. .. e6

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Attaque Panov