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Is there a name for what happened to me?

http://en.lichess.org/yywq7Q0X/black

Look at this game. Is there a name for what ever attack white used?
I know I'm losing and the guy I was playing against was probably using an engine but what the fuck?
This is one of the first times I've ever used the Caro-Kann. How did it all go so wrong?
I think the technical term is you got screwed.

Actually, it looks like you departed the realm of known openings with 6... Bf5. If you had moved 6... Bg4 instead and followed the resulting stronger positiosns it might even have ended in a draw. Something along the lines of this:

6... Bg4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qb3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 e6 10.Qxb7 Nxd4 11.Bb5+ Nxb5 12.Qc6+ Ke7 13.Qxb5 Qd7 14.Nxd5+ Qxd5 15.Qxd5 exd5 16.O-O Ke6 17.Re1+ Kf5 18.Rd1 Rd8 19.Be3 Rd7 20.Rac1 Be7 21.Rd4 g5 22.Ra4 Bf6 23.b4 d4 24.Ra5+ Kg6 25.Bd2 Re8 26.Kf1 h6 27.Rc6 Kg7 28.Raa6 Be5 29.h4

I don't know why you assume just because he saw that making the queen sacrifice was temporary implies he was using an engine, it wasn't that many moves deep to see that he could exploit the pin to win it back. Moving the king into the line of fire was an obvious blunder, and it's why you lost. Caro-Kann games are often drawish and this was no exception had you simply given the queen back. White would have had a small advantage with space and initiative, but it was hardly lost until you moved the king.

As for the "name of the attack" it's called having a strong concept of tactical play. It was a very well executed tactic, but with a rating of 1800+ there's no reason to assume only a computer could have found it.
@static_shadow (#4):

(1) his opponent is listed as using computer assistance;
(2) if you look at "move times", he's taken nearly the same time for every move, whether difficult or not (a flat line across the move times graph is not normal)

but hey, otherwise, *great* analysis.
Thanks for the analysis, guys.
Looking back on it, I don't understand how I didn't realize that giving back the queen would have made the position equal. I was just so blown away by the queen sac that I got nervous and made a stupid mistake. The reason I asked for the "name" of this attack was because I was sure that White had the advantage, (this was wrong, clearly) it was so early in the game, and my opponent was playing so quickly, that I thought it must have some well known trap/mistake in the Caro-Kann.
Ah, my apologies about the computer assistance. I really was not looking to see whether or not the player was using an engine, I just meant that the line was not impossible to see. Of course, with the moves coming that quickly throughout, I suppose it would be hard not to get jostled with that sort of attack and assume you've fallen into a trap. Definitely easy to miss a move that seems logical in hindsight under those circumstances.

I wonder, is there a way to auto-reject games with players who have been flagged for using assistance?

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