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Horatio Caro

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British chess player (1862-1920)

Lived 1862 to 1920 · aged 58
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Horatio Caro was an English-German chess player, of world-class Master strength for about a decade, from the late 1880s to the late 1890s, a frequent winner of significant German events. He was a regular competitor for 30 years in Master events.

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Horatio Caro was an English-German chess player, of world-class Master strength for about a decade, from the late 1880s to the late 1890s, a frequent winner of significant German events. He was a regular competitor for 30 years in Master events. Caro is principally known as the co-inventor of the Caro-Kann Defence, a heretofore virtually unknown opening variation, which he analyzed, published, and played from the mid 1880s.

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Lived 1862 to 1920 · aged 58
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