Horatio Caro

Horatio Caro (5 July 1862 – 15 December 1920) was an English chess player.

Caro was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England,[1] but spent most of his chess career in Berlin, Germany having moved there when he was two years old.

In 1892, he drew with Curt von Bardeleben (+2 –2 =0) and lost to Szymon Winawer (+2 –3 =1).

[2] He is known for the Caro-Kann Defence (B12), an opening which he analysed along with Marcus Kann and jointly published about on the German journal Brüderschaft in 1886.

[3] He is also known for beating World Champion Emanuel Lasker in 1890 in 14 moves only, and for his appearance in the 1898 Anglo-American cable chess match.