About Horatio Caro
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. He is known for the Caro–Kann Defence {ECO (Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings) codes B10-19}, an opening variation which he analysed along with Marcus Kann, and jointly published in the German journal Brüderschaft in 1886. Caro is also known for beating future World Champion Emanuel Lasker at Berlin 1890 in 14 moves only, his shortest-ever tournament game loss. In tournaments, he won in Berlin in 1888, 1891, 1894, 1898 (jointly), and 1903. He won the 1904 Berlin City Championship, half a point ahead of Ossip Bernstein and Rudolf Spielmann.
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