Product Description

The Caro-Kann is a reliable and highly respected answer to White's most popular opening move, 1 e4. It has the seal of approval from numerous leading Grandmasters: 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 great 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 this book, International Master Jovanka Houska presents the reader with a concise and trustworthy repertoire within the Caro-Kann, providing a solution against all of White's main options, and efficient methods to deal with tricky sidelines. 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. It is an all-inclusive repertoire versus 1 e4. It is written by a Caro-Kann expert. It is ideal for improvers, and club and tournament players.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #35109 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

About the Author
Jovanka Houska is a young International Master who has taken the big step of becoming Britain's only female chess professional. Highlights of her short career so far include winning the European Girls Junior Championship, representing the England team at numerous Chess Olympiads and qualifying for the 2006 Women's World Championship. She is also a regular writer for both CHESS and ChessMoves.

Customer Reviews

Comprehensive and well laid out
If you are a serious club player who needs a good defence to 1. e4 then this book can help. Jovanka Houska takes you through the main lines and the tactical ideas behind them. She recommends some novel approaches. Clear, easy to read and well laid out, this book is recommended.

For All Budding Caro Kann Players
This is a good repetoire to a good opening. The author explains all lines clearly and it is a great introduction to this opening.
The Caro itself has a reputation for being boring or solid. However all lines in this book give lots of play for black and shows how effective this defence can be if played in the right spirit.
In addition it does not take long to learn. After reading this book I am doing well after switching from the French.
A good compliment to this book is the ABC to the Caro Kann by Martin that is also excellent and there is a large overlap.
A great book. If you want an easy to learn reliable opening to e4 I thoroughly recommend.