Schandorff: The Caro-Kann Damen Gambit The focus is on entertainment

The focus is on entertainment

Queen versus Rook

He has written on the Petroff Defense before in Secrets of Opening Surprises

5 Play with Purpose

NOTE: This is not a high-level theoretical work

Schandorff: The Caro-Kann Damen Gambit The focus is on entertainmentIn chess the Caro Kann opening is one of Black's most reliable answers to 1. e4. It is a regular favorite of elite players, who know that computer aided preparation now threatens the sharpest lines of the Sicilian or Ruy Lopez (at the very least with a forced draw). The Caro Kann is less susceptible to such forcing lines Black sets out to equalize in the opening, and win the game later. Grandmaster Lars Schandorff reveals a bulletproof chess opening