Caro Kann Defence: Advance Variation and Gambit System (Batsford Chess Books) [Paperback]

Anatoly Karpov (Author), Mikhail Podgaets (Author)

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Publication Date: August 1, 2006

Former world champion Anatoly Karpov is a living legend, the winner of more tournaments than any other player in history. His opening analysis is absolutely definitive. In this indispensable resource for every serious player, he covers the main positional variations of the Caro Kann: the Classical System (1 e4 c6, 2 d4 d5, 3 Nc3) and the Advance Variation (3 e5). These lines may not be as fast and furious as the Panov Attack (the subject of another book in this series), but as Karpov shows, precision and good timing can give Black a successful defense and even a strategic advantage.
 

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Anatoly Karpov is a living legend of the chess; he has dominated the world of the chess for over a decade as the world chess champion between 1975 and 1985. Garry Kasparov, the current champion, dethroned him and the two ideologically opposed Russians have had a bitter rivalry ever since. Anatoly Karpov is also the winner of the largest number of tournaments in the history of the chess, with more than 160 due tournaments. He is considered the best positional player of history of chess and is the author of several other books on chess theory.

Product Details

• Paperback: 244 pages
• Publisher: Batsford (August 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0713490101
• ISBN-13: 978-0713490107
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #766,339 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book BUT..., November 10, 2006

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Carlos Guaimare (Cumana, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This is a great book. This is not a repertory book but a reference book. I found every variation I was interested to learn. I would say that this book is for people +1900 and for seasoned Caro Kann players. This is not a good book for starting to play the Caro.

There is something I did not like about this book... it is very hard to follow the variations. You have to be patient to find your way thru pages and lots of variations and sub variations.

If you already play the Caro, you are +1900 and have a lot of time to follow thru hundreds of variations then this is the book for you.

If you want to learn to play the Caro and want to learn the structure and plans look somewhere else.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CaroKann from the theoretical and practical expert., February 3, 2007

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Ignacio Gonzalez Miranda (Vińa del Mar, V Región Chile) - See all my reviews
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For decades, A. Karpov has been the world leading expert and supporter (both in theoretical discusion and practical results) of this very solid defence. This book is focused in the sharp advance and gambit lines (ECO B10-B12) and accomplishes the task of pointing out the best continuations and ideas for both sides in a wonderful way. Either you like to defend the resourceful positions arising from this defence or to crack it, this book will help you to choose the best way to do it. The variations follow a prelation order helping the reader to identify them from bad or dubious to recommended ones.

Overall, an excellent book which surpasses the good old work from V. Kotronias on the same subject.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Advance Variation and Gambit System, October 18, 2006

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Johnathan (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

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I just recieved this book in the mail and wanted to throw out a quick review of the publishing job and some of the content. I really think this is how an opening book should be made. Very easy to read and follow, multiple indices, an average of about 2 diagrams per page for 260 pages. The prose is conversational and direct. This book looks to be an excellent resourse for both black and white players who want to enter these variations. About 230 of the 260 pages cover the Advance system. I eagerly await the next volume, and I don't even currently use the C-K defense. This looks to be one of the best opening books I've seen. Very clean, professional. Buy it if you are at all interested in the Caro-Kann.