Rating 4.33 out of 5 (6 ratings in Udemy)
What you'll learn
- Be able to play important punishing tactical moves, tricks and traps against the Caro-Kann Defence Chess Opening
- Be able to to have a wide variety of systems and ideas to try out against the Caro-Kann which match your personality and needs and other factors
- Be able to see early tactical combinations in the Caro-Kann defence that often can even be against natural looking moves
- Be able to nickname yourself "The Caro-Kann Punisher" …
Rating 4.33 out of 5 (6 ratings in Udemy)
What you'll learn
- Be able to play important punishing tactical moves, tricks and traps against the Caro-Kann Defence Chess Opening
- Be able to to have a wide variety of systems and ideas to try out against the Caro-Kann which match your personality and needs and other factors
- Be able to see early tactical combinations in the Caro-Kann defence that often can even be against natural looking moves
- Be able to nickname yourself "The Caro-Kann Punisher" if you fully understand all the examples given :)
- Be able to see the range of tactics early on in a chess game against the Caro-Kann defence and see that is not that solid depending on specific circumstances
- Be able to assess "solidity" especially in regard to where bishops are neglecting key squares
- Be able to play stunning tactics and combinations and understand more the basis for their very existence
- Be able to get a better grip on the downsides that cause tactics, tricks and traps to be successful or not
- Be able to understand more the philosophies behind great chess tactics, tricks and traps
- Be able to get a firmer grip on the basics of winning chess and practice your forcing move awareness as well as downside awareness of the opponent's position
- Be able to get a variety of different Caro-Kann opening variations and moves to try out for fun and improved results
- Be able punish "suspicious" looking moves as they create subtle "scents of downsides" which your sense of smell should improve dramatically
- Be able to replace more your routine habitual moves with more "punishing" moves right in the Opening when the opponent may still be asleep or in auto-pilot mode
- Be able to experience a wide variety of variations against the Caro-Kann Defence getting awareness of specific downsides to punish in specific ways
- Be able to play the Advance variation knowing a great set of model games and practice as a side effect the e5 pawn chain structure
- Be able to play the Panov-Botvinnik attack knowing a great set of model games and as a side effect experience the benefits of the Isolated Queen's pawn
- Be able to play the "Fantasy" variation knowing a great set of model games and as a side effect see the benefits and power of a semi-open f-file
- Be more comfortable in general with the pawn structures of the key variations of the course and the tactical implications they provide
- Be able to tackle the main-line variation of the Caro-Kann with greater confidence knowing a great set of model games
- Be able to use a number of surprising and effective sidelines to avoid the opponent's preparation resources and try and get opponent's to have to improvise
- Be able to use the Goldman variation with great effect blowing the opponent's king wide open if they blunder early
- Be able to play against against the Korchnoi variation (exf6) with more confidence knowing a great set of model games
- Be able to play against the Bronstein-Larsen (gxf6) with more confidence knowing a great set of model games
- Be able to see the distinguishing power of the accelerated Panov Attack - early c4 with great model games
- Be able to employ the Von Hennig Gambit which can really help destroy opponent's quickly and effectively especially the greedier opponents
Description
The Caro-Kann chess opening (1.e4 c6) has become a very popular opening of choice for players playing against 1.e4 and can be a tough nut to crack. Several leading influencers have proposed the Caro-Kann in recent years increasing its usage massively online and at higher levels of play. Many players see it as a solid alternative to the French defence (1.e4 e6) but without having the so-called "bad bishop" issue. It can often lead to better endgames for black given it is structurally solid. This course shows how you can often smash the Caro-Kann in the early stages of a game or achieve a lasting advantage after the opening phase.
Winning quickly in chess is a very practical skill to have for conserving energy and time. The classic book "The Art of War" indicates that the good fighter wins with ease. If you can with ease, you can have more energy and enthusiasm for your next round game - and in serious chess, this can mean also more time preparing for the next round opponent the next day. In online chess tournaments for the "all, you can eat" tournaments, being able to win quickly can help you win a lot more tournaments or come in the top 3 or top 10 players in the end.
A number of different variations of the Caro-Kann are explored from the White perspective including:
Classical Variation: 3...dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5
Modern aka Karpov Variation: 3...dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7
Bronstein–Larsen Variation: 5...gxf6
Korchnoi Variation: 5...exf6
Gurgenidze Variation: 3.Nc3 g6
Advance Variation: 3.e5
Exchange Variation: 3.exd5 cxd5
Main line: 4.Bd3
Panov–Botvinnik Attack: 4.c4
Tartakower or Fantasy Variation: 3.f3
Two Knights Variation: 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 (or 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3)
Going through the tricks and traps and quick zaps will also help improve your tactical understanding of pawn structures in relation to King placement and piece placement.Thus helping reinforce intuition for specific principles of playing against the Caro-Kann to achieve great advantages from the Opening.
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Rating 4.33 out of 5 (6 ratings in Udemy)
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