Kornev: A Practical Black Repertoire with d5, c6. Volume 2: The Caro-Kann eboard is one of the star

is one of the star pupils of Dvoretsky's elite chess school

an author for Schach-Magazin64 and works as a lecturer for the ChessSports Association

he initiates the reader into the secrets of the rook endgame

for example in main variations such as 1

David & Goliath

Kornev: A Practical Black Repertoire with d5, c6. Volume 2: The Caro-Kann eboard is one of the starVolume 2: The Caro Kann and Other Defences. Volume 2 deals in depth with the Caro Kann Defence 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 and various deviations for White as 1. e4 c6 2. d3; 2. Nc3; 2. c4. This part also analyses rare systems where White leaves the main roads, but Black remains true to the spirit of his conception for the centre, for instance, 1. c4 c6, 1. Nf3 d5 Kornev does not confine himself to dry variations, he also aptly explains the ideas behind them.