You can now...check out my Caro course! www.chessable.com/the-caro-kann-simplified/course/171080/

As a Caro player this is the best content on KZfaq .

This is quality stuff. Who else releases 3 hour long comprehensive chess videos. I don’t know. I mean , some others do but it’s just playing and not this informative. Just awesome man, you deserve more subs! Thanks!

This is great. As a Chessable author who wrote the course on the Caro-Kann for club players, I really appreciate this in-depth look at one of my favorite openings. This deep dive give those of us who really want to explore the opening a chance to better understand what is going on. Thanks so much!

You are, without question, my very favorite You Tube chess teacher. I soak up your stuff! Keep it coming out, you are amazing Alex!!!

You are teacher for us those who play london system and caro cann openings....thanks i found your channel and started playing caro cann instead of french defence ....and i play london with white ....so you are teaching me thanks for that sir ....i watch all your videos the minute you upload it thinking there would be a video on caro or london

What an amazing video! As a caro player I'm seriously going to benefit from this! THANKS ALEX! :)

This is literally some of the best chess content here on KZfaq - thank you so much!

You are crushing it with these Caro-Kann videos, fantastic

I keep coming back to this video. Sooo good and value packed

Alex, this is superb stuff! Thank you so much everything!

Holy moly Batman! What an epic video! Kudos! 👏👏🙏🙏

Simply one of the best videos I have ever seen! These three hours should be a chess able course. Simply amazing.

Thank you for making this video. I decided to learn the Caro-Kann as my first opening for black and know at least a a bit of the theory and this video will help me a lot. There was one specific variation I've been trying to search up in detail but this is the only video that even discussed it in depth. Thanks for this :)

Alex you deserve so much succes, the amount on effort you put in this is amazing

that’s simply amazing!!! thank you Alex 🥰

Incredible effort Alex!!! U deserve all the success with your chessable course!

I never comment on videos, but as a caro player, your channel is the best out there ! So thank you !

Alex, please, more videos like this!

insanely informative but in such a calming way that i pay more attention lol

This channel is simply amazing!

best caro content on youtube. I didn't think i would enjoy these pro games as much as i did the rating climb but they are great. And long ;)

Amazing Video I've learned a lot very much appreciated thanks man!!!

Was looking for a video like this, thanks.

Awesome video! Def using that g6, Bf5 idea in the exchange

Instructive video as always

Randy, thx for verbalizing some of the finer points about friendships. There are friendships and there are acquaintance. Friends stay and acquaintances tend to drift away. Real friends tend to gravitate together, regardless of background or age, with (as you say) no expectations demanded, or imposed. Thx for the reminders...!

I love the explanation ❤ Sir Banzea. Love Caro more now

I literally never comment on videos but man this video is great. Thank you for making my dream of becoming better at chess so much easier. I can only wish you the best and hope that you may achieve your dreams as well. Thanks again

thank you. I needed a different opening other than the french for a "just in case" :) I tried out the karo with slav and semi slav options, but I find myself absolutely outmatched at the 1400, but this is super in-depth and I love it.

thank you for the analysis! about halfway through

great content

3 hours of Caro Kann 😅 better than going to the cinema my man 😊 amazing video 🎉

Alex thanks alot for this video helpful and to the point video

you have really improved my chess Ales. Thank you.

Alex man this is going above and beyond on this content.

thank you so much!!!!

Yes amazing analysis I look forward to these each day even though I don't play NVDA that much but I sometimes buy small shares if a perfect opportunity comes up

Thank you Alex, Very helpful! A grand day Your Way.

Alex, I’ll be honest with you I used to suck at playing black but ever since I’ve started watching your Caro openings .. my elo jumped from 700 to 1100. Huge thanks to your content ! It’s not like those boring chess channels, I truly enjoy your videos.

3 hours. Thank you

amazing stuff. just wow.

Well done

Also yes, would absolutely love a video on how Neimann and Nakamura wielded the Gurgenidze 🙏

Wait, what!? This is three hours long? You're an absolute madman!

Thank you sir 👍

Waouw ! Very good ! You are my favourite teacher !

Links for videos mentioned: Keymer's Caro-Kann: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m6upi8Jlyq2wcas.html Carlsen's Caro-Kann: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nsWRYNSFr8nFnWw.html Firouzja's Caro-Kann: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eJaXkruf0sDep4U.html Ding's Caro-Kann: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a6mjqJWFmre8lok.html Caro Kann Rating Climb 1: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rcBin8uc0NuRg4k.html Caro Kann Rating Climb 2: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qcyBfteaptTddnk.html

I think this video could have easily been a 20 hour video with some of the more theoretical lines he touched up on, but Alex did a good job balancing things to keep the video a good length. 💪

I myself am a Caro kann fan.. am loving this channel

Hey girl , sorry I got caro kann games to analyse

OMG you have gone into overdrive

I would have never guessed that one day i would be willing to watxh a 3 hour video on a chess opening

I've been playing bullet games lately and I've often find myself fighting the clock more than anything, which really causes me to blunder more often than not. It can be very frustrating, because it is clearly moves that I wouldn't be making if I "had more time on the clock." Is it just me?! -- It's frustrating! Ha! Also: there are so many different variables that go into the Caro-Kann Opening, that I sometimes forget what "the next move" will be, based on what my opponent does (sometimes making odd moves that go completely contrary to what is taught, etc.). Admittedly, I've yet to watch this full video, but I'm working my way through it. It would be great to hear from you. I always ask myself, "What would Alex do if he were in this position?" whenever I'm playing sometimes, Haha! Thank you for the teachings, as always! I've improved so much, thanks to these incredible openings. The Caro-Kann and the London are amazing. I'm still figuring out how to use the London with white, but I've been pretty successful, thus far, along with a lot of strange blunders in-between! Such is life!

Watch him for years get better and our (UK) best player for a long while in my opinion but id love to see him compete with the big names...

Hi Alex! Amazing video. Btw, aside from your speed-run, do you have any companion materials (of yours or that you'd recommend) on the Slav Defense? (Since that is probably the most common alternative that Black 1...c6 players will face)

Mr IM Banzea. I watched you stream TT recently. It was really great. You are a funny guy. And you are a pro. few people have watched more GM Hikaru IM Rosen or Chessbrah than I. You are as good as any of them. Please stream more.

Thank you so much sir Alex,, i am dave from the philippines now i am rated 1200 because of you because of this openings that caro and london syatem

this guy is literally goated man

fantastic video lesson Alex. enough for many hours of study and practice. Good to see David Howell getting the recognition as well.

David Navara is also a caro kann player. It would be great to see a video of his, if he has any special moves.

With Black pawn on f5, the position reminds of the Dutch semi-slav, difficult to attack and decent launchpad for attacks by Black. 😊

0:23:14 there is Bf5 right? Because after Bxf5, gxf5, Qxf5 There's Nxd4 If white recapturez with the pawn (cxd4) then Qxc1 check. What's wrong with that sequence?

1:13:50 i died at the "politely decline" joke

Dude do you have any suggestions for the Rasa-Studier Gambit? I thought I had every CK line burned into my retinas thanks to your videos. This weekend I was playing an older guy that I was trying to bait into the Tartakower. Instead of taking the free pawn, he hit me with 4.f3?! I didn't realize it was a gambit that I declined because "When in doubt, develop." But after the game, he told me that was his only counter to CK since he learned about it from a GM 20 years ago. I tried to figure out who this guy was but he wouldn't talk numbers other than remembering his push for 2k like me 40 years ago... I wound up drawing him with a miracle but I was shook on move 4. I researched it and still don't know what to do.

What if after f6 white takes f6 with Bishop? and follow up with queen up a pawn if black takes back with hxg6?

i need more Caro Kann content iam playing chess 3 weeks and i have 780 elo and i need to climb up

you should definitely do a Gurgenidze rating climb. It's a a very complex line very difficult to break

Hi, interesting and long video but where are the other variations against Caro like Goldman, Hillbilly, Breyer or Fantasy?

I think Caro Kann ist not just an opening, it is a lifestyle.

As a Caro player what opening do you recommend we learn as white?

Bruh this guy is single handedly carrying my chess rating

Any advance variation against white c4?

I got nausea I guess from watching 3 hrs straight n playing 4 hrs prior to that. Feeling too much worked up but absolutely gr8 explaining I'm 2000 I liches n so much informative

At 17:04 what against Ne2? e6 Af4 Ad6?

Great content. Only one suggestion that would help newbs like me. When a master faced with two choices, both of which seem equal, like maneuvering the knight to a specific square (here e6) via two separate routes, makes his choice, Alex's response is that the choice is "interesting". IE 58:10. My question is always, why is that choice "interesting". Why did the master choose that route over the other route? So, Howell, in this situation, placed his knight first on the rim to get, ultimately to e6, instead of choosing to go the more central direct route starting with knight to d7. Why did Howell choose this route over the more direct central route?

What is the most problematic variation for the caro kan?

More Caro-Kann!

Can you do a similar thing with the vienna? I know it s not as played on top level but there are still interesting games

Eric Schiller wrote a book on the Caro to defend against e4.

very gg

What if they push c4 before they push d4 and before I play d5

Wow Alex, you are breaking all youtube rules of video duration 💪next step 12 h? 24 h? 🔥 show them that yours viewers will watch it all💪🔥😉

Maybe something about Bitwinik-Carls variation?

Since there is no content on the fantasy variation, does this mean that it is never played at higher levels

As Ben always says "don't play F6 unless you know you can play F6, in that case play F6, but otherwise never play F6" or something like that.

He brought arrows to the match that he cut out and prepared beforehand? Cool haircut!

I started exploring the caro kann thanks to gothamchess. I'm only an hr in so far and feel like I already got a masterclass on the opening.

This is gold. This is better than gold.

How much does it cost a chess lesson?

!!!!!

Literally bro!?!?!

Lol you think a girl is asking us for a coffee, ….. well your right but I gotta study the caro.

I started watching your Caro- Kann masterclass today and thought 'oh this looks so easy and straight forward' - ...... The first game I tried it I won a a central pawn early, traded queens and concerted unexpectely well with 90% accuaracy :D which is surprisingly high for me. Game also felt smooth. I think your videos definetly contributed to that game and they're appreciated! Also: Not sure if you still do Caro-Kann speedruns but did you consider doing an analysis after the game? just talking through your thought process which you might not have the time to mention during the game

Hahaha!! Become a k- popstar👍

Stop, stop stop. NO ONE plays the exchange. I have played the CaroKann against the computer over a hundred times and it always, ALWAYS goes e5. E fn5 and I then fall into a myriad of traps and I am totally destroyed and humiliated as only stockfish computer can do. If you are going to help those of us who want to play the Caro, please tell us about e5. Is there anyway to stop the e5.

Enjoy the content, but do we REALLY need 3 hours to answer this question???

Gold

I think you should have broken this down in 3 parts 3hours is too long

These videos are so value packed, it's unbelievable. You did it again man!