tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393640898640561043.post4360992903385917403..comments2024-02-24T12:16:34.475-05:00Comments on Path to Chess Mastery: Video completed - Studies in: The Caro-Kann DefenseChessAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02231584333139931889noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393640898640561043.post-67165203807841394852020-05-16T06:44:44.484-04:002020-05-16T06:44:44.484-04:00I'll post on volume 2 when completed, which sh...I'll post on volume 2 when completed, which should be in the next week. It treats the main line, Advance variation, and some sidelines. Probably should have been sequenced as volume 1 actually, but these DVD products from ChessLecture.com are basically compilations of individual lectures, so it doesn't matter that much.<br /><br />Vigorito is an excellent voice-over presenter and I think it makes a difference that he's got real tournament experience with the Caro-Kann. That gives him insights and personal knowledge of practical considerations that don't come with just theoretical works.ChessAdminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02231584333139931889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6393640898640561043.post-31198759533007092242020-05-15T11:53:50.340-04:002020-05-15T11:53:50.340-04:00I'm a C-K player. I should check out this vide...I'm a C-K player. I should check out this video ... I know Dave V. He's a decent and approachable guy. <br /><br />I've been using the Everyman series and ebooks for Chessbase "move by Move" to get to the main tabias. A short note on the "move by Move" series that EM chess has is I like the Question and answers and exercises it sets up as it's more of a deliberate training method over the passive read and absorb style most books bring. I'm old school enough to dust off the pieces, set them up and work through the positions rather than passively nodding and going "u-huh!" ...though, I have to admit, my powers of laziness are epic and slipping into old comfortable patterns happen more often than I like to admit. :) <br /><br />I face the advanced variation mostly (B12) and have teetered between 3...c5 and 3...Bf5. Playing the 3...Bf5 means having to deal with the g4 bayonet advance from those aggressive players. Most of the material that's coming out now seem to favor the Bf5 line despite the complications from an early g4 thorn in the side. BlunderPronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08316158004635698398noreply@blogger.com