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Re: Lakdawala on the CK
Reply #67 - 09/24/13 at 04:08:15
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I recently had another look at this board and found Lakdawala offers two different evaluations of the same position in his notes: after 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 Qb6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.Nge2 he expresses a slight preference for White, but this exact position arises after 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Bd3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 e6 6.Nc3 Qb6 7.Nge2 in Game 28 of the book. He also covers 4...Qb6 5.h4 in Game 31 via. the move order 4.h4 Qb6 5.Nc3. This means that those who don't want to learn the sharp 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 variation can still use the book to play 4...Qb6 as Black.
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Re: Lakdawala on the CK
Reply #66 - 08/21/13 at 10:55:08
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Lakdawala does give a different slant on some lines also covered by Houska and / or Schandorff. The one line I much prefer of his is the recommendation of Qb6 versus the Fantasy.
  
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Re: Lakdawala on the CK
Reply #65 - 08/20/13 at 18:36:31
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I have the Houska and Schandorff books, and really that's sufficient for a repertoire. Schandorff is obviously more current and heavily anaylsed, though Houska is more accessible. For example, her Advance variation 3...c5 is easier to play than the crazy complications of 3...Bf5, as suggested by Lakdawala and Schandorff.

I would approach Houska's Panov line (1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. O-O) with caution, as Schandorff points out where it at fault. That said, its a livelier winning attempt (or as a rapid/blitz opening) than the Panov endgame, as suggested by Schandorff.

However, there is another book on the Smyslov line that nobody has mentioned, and its one of my favourite Caro-Kann books - An opening for Black according to Karpov, by Chess Stars. Its necessarily light on analysis, due to the limited page count, but it does a nice job of covering the essentials.
  
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Re: Lakdawala on the CK
Reply #64 - 03/23/13 at 09:31:04
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Hi Fromper,
       Starting Out: The Caro Kann by Gallagher is a good general intoduction, as is Grandmaster Secrets: The Caro Kann by Peter Wells. Both contain very well annotated games giving a feel for the opening.
      Beyond that a well thought out repertoire book will give you a framework to learn from. No single repertoire will fit you completely but they provide a starting point from which you can add alternate lines based on experience. I started with Play the Caro Kann by Jovanka Houska. More recent alternatives are Grandmaster Repertoire: The Caro Kann by Lars Schandorff and The Caro Kann Move by Move by Lakdawala.
       I can thoroughly recommend the opening. Good luck !
  
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Re: Lakdawala on the CK
Reply #63 - 03/22/13 at 19:49:41
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Is this a good book for a 1700 who knows very little about the Caro Kann to get started playing it as black? I can find moves in a database, so what I need is a book that focuses more on ideas. Is this the best bet, or does anyone have other recommendations?
  
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Re: Lakdawala on the CK
Reply #62 - 08/08/12 at 05:42:30
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Got the book 2 days ago and I'm satisfied with the content.I like Lakdawalas 5...e6, 6...Bb4 against the Panov-Botvinnik.His coverage of the Smyslov/Karpov is not heavy in theory so it's easy to comprehend.
  
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Re: Lakdawala on the CK
Reply #61 - 08/05/12 at 21:43:23
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Take a game like this, White is far weaker, but had nearly the whole game very good drawing chances:

[Event "WJCC"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "2012.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gao, Rui"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2012.08.02"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 g6 8.
Bd3 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qe2 e6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Ba6 Rfd8
15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Be5 Rd7 17. Nd2 Rad8 18. Qf3 Ne8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nc4 Rd5
21. Ne3 R5d7 22. Ng4 Rd6 23. a3 Qc7 24. Qe2 h5 25. Ne5 Nf6 26. Rd3 Rd5 27. Rfd1
c5 28. Nf3 a5 29. Qe3 a4 30. dxc5 bxc5 31. c4 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Qf4
34. Qc3 h4 35. Ne1 Qd6 36. Nd3 e5 37. f3 Nd7 38. f4 f6 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. b3
axb3 41. Qxb3 Qd4+ 42. Nf2 e4 43. Kf1 Nf6 44. Ke2 g5 45. Ng4 Kg6 46. a4 Nxg4
47. hxg4 Qd7 48. a5 Qxg4+ 49. Kf2 Qf4+ 50. Ke2 Qh2 51. Kf2 Qe5 52. Ke2 Qa1 53.
Qc2 Kf5 54. Qd2 Kg6 55. Qc2 Kf5 56. Qd2 Kg6 1/2-1/2
  
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Re: Lakdawala on the CK
Reply #60 - 08/05/12 at 17:59:24
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Sounds a little too good (for White) to be true.  Reminds me again of a book chapter by Daniel King, which had a thesis like:  in typical queenside majority (for White) structures, Black, with his more centralized majority, is often at least not worse even in the ending.
  
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Re: Lakdawala on the CK
Reply #59 - 08/05/12 at 16:46:55
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I skim read Lakwala´s and Schandorff´s book about the Caro-Kann plus the article in Y99 about the Smyslov line. It seems, the CK is theoretically alive, but the problem of the structure remains: the imbalance is reduced compared to e.g. the sicilian, if White wants a draw, he trades piece after piece and has in the endgame still a slight edge, due the 3 to 2 pawns on the queenside.
  
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Re: Lakdawala on the CK
Reply #58 - 08/05/12 at 06:08:03
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slates wrote on 08/04/12 at 16:25:49:

Schandorff's Panov coverage is more reliable than Houka's, too, assuming you are ok with the well known endgame line there.


Or the 13...Nxc3 14.bxc3 Rb8 sideline.
  
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Re: Lakdawala on the CK
Reply #57 - 08/04/12 at 16:25:49
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Ordering the hardback version of Schandorff was my way of being certain I indeed was going to buy this book.....none of that one-click impulse buy madness on the QC website, unlike those scoundrels at amazon.... Wink

Schandorff's Panov coverage is more reliable than Houka's, too, assuming you are ok with the well known endgame line there.

I use Lakdawala though for the Advance lines in the Short variation as Lars is too aggressive for my tastes there, whilst Houska's 3...c5 doesn't work for me either. 

You really should consider buying Peter Wells' Caro book, too, if only for a superbly written look at the whole opening. 


  
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Re: Lakdawala on the CK
Reply #56 - 08/04/12 at 15:09:00
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Antillian wrote on 08/04/12 at 14:41:10:
JEH wrote on 08/04/12 at 14:19:43:
I have a theory that opening book writers always leave one line in that you don't like to make you buy another opening book  Wink. With Jovanka Houska's Play the Caro-Kann, it was c5 vs the Advance. I wanted my Bishop on f5. With Cyrus's book, it's the Smyslov variation. I wanted my Bishop on f5. Possibly I can mix a repertoire out of these two books.


Schandorff seems to be what you are looking for.


Hmm. Tempting. Very tempting. 

Oh, who am I kidding, I've gone and ordered it. Curse you, buy with one click, curse you  Angry
  
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Re: Lakdawala on the CK
Reply #55 - 08/04/12 at 14:41:10
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JEH wrote on 08/04/12 at 14:19:43:
I have a theory that opening book writers always leave one line in that you don't like to make you buy another opening book  Wink. With Jovanka Houska's Play the Caro-Kann, it was c5 vs the Advance. I wanted my Bishop on f5. With Cyrus's book, it's the Smyslov variation. I wanted my Bishop on f5. Possibly I can mix a repertoire out of these two books.


Schandorff seems to be what you are looking for.
  
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Re: Lakdawala on the CK
Reply #54 - 08/04/12 at 14:19:43
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I recently acquired this book. The Caro-Kann is the only highly respected defence to 1. e4 that I've never played. 

I have a theory that opening book writers always leave one line in that you don't like to make you buy another opening book  Wink. With Jovanka Houska's Play the Caro-Kann, it was c5 vs the Advance. I wanted my Bishop on f5. With Cyrus's book, it's the Smyslov variation. I wanted my Bishop on f5. Possibly I can mix a repertoire out of these two books.

But can I attain one book Nirvana with Lakdawala? I've been having a look at his "Into the Abyss" chapter on 5. Ng5. I have Khalifmann's books for both sides of this. In the Karpov for Black one, I've never liked the idea of Kf8. In the Anand for White one, I'll quote Lakdawala, "I know. White's last knight move looks crazy." 

I've struggled getting my poor chess brain around both concepts, although for the Ng5 move, Cyrus explains it as "... many sacs which can ... lead Black's king to be pulled squeaking from its hole like a trapped weasel"  Cheesy

But after Black avoids these, what then? It's Kf8.  Sad  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSv-lKwOQvE
  
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Re: Lakdawala on the CK
Reply #53 - 07/30/12 at 11:30:58
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Hi folks!Do you think I could get a lot of mileage of this book in wanting to learn the Karpov variation?I have the caro-kann book of Lars and it's very good. Cheesy
  
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