Author: Steve Lopez
Date: 14:17:07 03/01/99
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On March 01, 1999 at 14:23:31, Tim Wiegele wrote: >I have seen a catalog that has these products and would like to know if they are >worth the money and effort. I am looking for information on the Caro-Kann >advanced variation ECO b12. Any hints on where to find the best info? > The Trends series was pretty good in its day, but there's nothing in those books that you can't find in a good-sized game database. The Trends series was simply a booklet of 100 recent games in a particular opening, divided by variation, with a few very light notes at the start of each section. The games themselves were unannotated. For the price of a handful of Trends books, you could purchase a million+ game CD and the reader program of your choice (Fritz, Essentia, etc.) and dig up these games yourself in just a few minutes. For a basic discussion of the Advance Caro-Kann, try a general opening book (Fine's "Ideas Behind the Chess Openings", Kallai's "Basic Chess Openings", Schiller's "Standard Chess OPenings" et al.). For a more in-depth treatment, check "Play the Caro-Kann" by Varnusz, "Complete Defense to King Pawn Openings" by Schiller, among other books on the Caro-Kann, and supplement these with games from a good database.
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