Anybody know anything about this defense? It would be the first opening / defense I've ever really studied and tried to implement. Am I getting in over my head?
From what I understand it's supposed to limit the amount of attacks White can put to you. It also requires a good endgame which I'm not sure I have. At my level (1400-1500) I figure I can manage though.
Originally posted by barch54it is my exclusive response to 1.e4. (exept teaching games where 1..e5 makes for a better learning game)
Anybody know anything about this defense? It would be the first opening / defense I've ever really studied and tried to implement. Am I getting in over my head?
From what I understand it's supposed to limit the amount of attacks White can put to you. It also requires a good endgame which I'm not sure I have. At my level (1400-1500) I figure I can manage though.
a lot of white players dont like to see this, due to them saying its boring, but there are a few fun lines!
ill play some with you if you want..
edit: and another thing, my weakness is also endgames.. it is good to play in something like this as youll get more practice where youre weakest..
Seems to be a popular topic lately. My impression is that its a solid opening without too much theory. As has been said already, black aims - at least in the mainline - to compel exchanges and win the ending with his Qside majority. You could probably do worse than to buy a book on Karpov's games, as he played it often, and play through them to see how a former WC handles it.
I have played quite a few Caro-Kann games on RHP with pretty good success. Against higher-rated players, however, I find myself tied down and shuffling pieces. You really have to make an effort to create counter-play. Due to this, I soured on c6 and started playing e5. I recently got the Houska book have found it useful because she recommends some more active lines and points out resources for counter-play.
Originally posted by fiftyonehzAn excellent Black repertoire book is "Black Defensive System for the Rest of Your Chess Career", by GM Andrew Soltis. He basically recommends that Black should put pawns on c6 and d5 against almost all White openings. Most of the material is on the Caro-Kann and Slav defenses. Against 1 c4, Soltis recommends 1...c6. It's one of my favorite repertoire books.
Also, do you Caro-Kann players play the Slav to try to get similar positions against e4 and d4?
Originally posted by bonesplitterExcept it sidesteps all the fun van der Wiel stuff (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4) by suggesting
read the caro kann book jovana houska caro repataure.it gives you all lines.
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 😴
Cop-out in my opinion, but probably a good idea not to go into the complications for the inexperienced player!
Originally posted by najdorfslayerwhats the befit of the van der viel?
Except it sidesteps all the fun van der Wiel stuff (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4) by suggesting
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 😴
Cop-out in my opinion, but probably a good idea not to go into the complications for the inexperienced player!