Book Description

The Caro-Kann Defence, 1. e4 c6, is possibly Black's soundest reply to 1. e4 and has been a favorite weapon of World Champions Botvinnik, Petrosian and Karpov.

Although it has a drawish reputation, play can become very lively, particularly in the currently popular Advance Variation and many theoretically important games have been played over the past decade. The author fills a major gap in chess literature by providing a comprehensive work covering all lines of the Caro Kann in one volume, and includes substantial original analysis.

Alexei Suetin is Soviet Grandmaster and theoretician who is justly famous for his timeless classic, A Contemporary Approach to the Middle Game, used by many Soviet masters.