Home : Book details : Book description

Description of  Chess Strategy Caro-Kann: How to Beat Intermediate Chess Players (Sawyer Chess Strategy Book 4)

This Caro-Kann Defence book shows how to win games after 1.e4 c6. It serves as an introduction to this chess opening. The author gives a basic chess strategy based on games played vs random Advanced players as Guests on chess.com. The book has 30 games with 171 diagrams. Tim Sawyer scored +25 -5 =0 in these 10-minute blitz speed games. His wife told Tim that hes had a love affair with the Caro-Kann ever since shes known him. He first played it in 1974 against IM Norman Weinstein who had won the US Open in 1973. The author uses strategy for comments to explain whats going on with any of these steps. 1. Describe the current position. 2. Imagine how to improve it. 3. Plan how to get there. Tim picks a key position every few moves to make a comment. The plan is for you to browse through the book, look at the diagrams and read the comments with ease. For those who prefer to read quickly, you can skim through the book from diagram to diagram. Note the change from the previous diagram and read any notes that interest you. Sometimes a line of chess engine analysis is added. You may wish to work out those lines in your head, or just note that there was an alternative way to play and keep reading. Tim Sawyer played chess for 50 years. As a Postal Chess Master, his usual opponents were rated 1800 to 2400. However, opponents in this book are often lower to intermediate. Tims peak Internet Chess Club blitz rating was 2492. The author assumes that you can read algebraic chess notation. The diagrams have White at the bottom of the board. Thank you for reading my books. Enjoy this one! Read more