The Caro-Kann played by Anatoly Karpov, the greatest Caro-Kann player and theoretician of all time.

Learn the Caro-Kann from Alireza Firouzja:    • Alireza Firouzja's Caro-Kann Games  
Learn the Caro-Kann from Gukesh:    • D. Gukesh's Caro-Kann Games  
Learn the Caro-Kann from Nihal Sarin:    • Nihal Sarin's Caro-Kann Games  

If you wanna learn an opening, you should study games by top players that play it regularly. When it comes to the Caro-Kann, Anatoly Karpov is by far the best source of knowledge. His games feature thematic ideas and patterns all 1...c6 players should be familiar with.

I have chosen games played in the variation that got named after Karpov too, his signature move Nd7, which became popular after he started playing it against the strongest players in the world successfully.


00:00 Intro

01:02 Kamsky - Karpov, Dortmund 1993
Karpov Variation

25:24 A. Sokolov - Karpov, Karpov - Sokolov Candidates 1987
Accelerated Panov

36:52 Spassky - Karpov, Belfort World Cup (1988)
Karpov V., Ivanchuk Defense

43:49 de Firmian - Karpov, Biel (1990)
Karpov V., Ivanchuk Defense

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