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Horatio Caro, a Common card
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.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 47
- DEF
- 29
- Power
- 76
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,300
Power 76 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 20 % of WikiCards cards.
Horatio Caro quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Horatio Caro card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was a ______ competitor for 30 years in Master events.
Answer
regular. He was a regular competitor for 30 years in Master events. From the Horatio Caro article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
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 ____s.
Answer
1880s. 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. From the Horatio Caro article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- 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.
- Caro was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, but spent most of his chess career in Berlin, Germany, having moved there when he was two years old.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Horatio Caro article was read about 7,300 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 47 and blocks with 29: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Horatio Caro (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
