Play the Caro-Kann:

A Complete Chess Opening Repertoire Against 1E4

Jovanka Houska

• Publisher: Popular Chess
• eBook ISBN:
  9781857447965
• Year: 2007

The Caro-Kann is a reliable yet at the same time dynamic answer to White's most popular opening move, 1 e4. It has the seal of approval of numerous leading Grandmasters including Vishy Anand, Evgeny Bareev and Alexey Dreev, as well as former World Champion Anatoly Karpov, who has utilized it with great success throughout his illustrious career. One of the attractions of the Caro-Kann is that it suits a variety of different styles; it can lead to wild tactical battles as well as quiet, positional play.In Play the Caro-Kann, Jovanka Houska presents the reader with a concise and trustworthy repertoire within the opening, providing a solution against all of White's main possibilities. Houska examines the important tactical and strategic plans for both sides, arming the reader with enough information to begin playing the Caro-Kann with confidence in his or her own games.*A complete repertoire against 1 e4*Written by a Caro-Kann expert*Ideal for improvers, and club and tournament players

Table of contents

• Bibliography
• Introduction
• 1 Main Line: Introduction and 11 Bf4
• 2 Main Line: 11 Bd2
• 3 Main Line: 6 Bc4 and Early Deviations
• 4 Panov-Botvinnik Attack: Introduction and 6 Nf3
• 5 Panov-Botvinnik Attack: 6 Bg5
• 6 Exchange Variation
• 7 Advance Variation with 3 ... c5: Introduction
• 8 Advance Variation: 3 ... c5 4 dxc5
• 9 Fantasy Variation
• 10 Panov’s Little Brother: 2 c4
• 11 Two Knights Variation
• 12 King’s Indian Attack
• 13 Unusual Lines and the Plain Bizarre