“Opening for White According to Anand 1.e4. Book 3” by A. Khalifman (English)

The 'Chess Stars Openings' series present an entirely new approach to the study of chess openings, which can provoke the interest of chess players of all levels. Drawing examples from the games of today's leading grandmasters they present the principles of selection and successful employment of a harmonious opening repertoire, corresponding as close as possible to the style of a renowned master.

The third volume deals with the Caro-Kann Defence. It has the reputation as the opening of the chess-academics. Capablanca, Botvinnik, Petrosian and Karpov - this list of great chess-champions that have been life-long devotees of the Caro-Kann Defence can be easily extended. The reliability of that opening has been proven in a period of decades and presently in the 21 century, the Caro-Kann Defence is enjoying its second (third..., fourth...?) youth. The first part covers some rare systems like 1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6. The next three parts are devoted to the main Caro-Kann lines. The final chapters examine the Scandinavian Defence which is definitely one of the neglected sidelines of the contemporary opening theory. However matters are in fact far from simple and the widespread opinion that after 1.e4 d5 2.exd5, White obtains the advantage as he pleases happens to be quite far from the truth. 14th World Champion Khalifman shares with the readers plenty of interesting discoveries and sometimes surprising results of his deep analytical work.

• Part 1. 1.e4 c6 2.d4

• Part 2. 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 various; 4...Nf6 5.Nxf6

• Part 3 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5

• Part 4. 1. e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3Nc3 dxe4 4Nxe4 Bf5 5Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7Nf3

• Part 5. 1.e4 d5 2.exd5