Jovanka Houska

A solid book on the Caro-Kann. My only issue with this book was that it was clearly geared towards the higher level player (Master level, most likely) because of how heavily it emphasized the fact that "the main line is the thing you'll refer to most", assuming that most people will play exactly the main line, which, I have found unlikely in practice. Analysis of moves like 5. f3?! would have been helpful for someone trying to use the Caro is normal play against opponents who don't know quite as much as the theory.

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