Download or read book Understanding the Caro-Kann Defense written by Raymond Keene and published by Hardinge Simpole Limited. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiled by three grandmasters and two international masters this scholarly treatise explains in depth the thinking behind a defence that has been a favourite of champions such as Capablanca, Botvinnik, Petrosian and Karpov. Even Kasparov has been known to use the Caro Kann on occasion, for example in one case to defeat Mikhail Tal.