Kornev: A Practical Black Repertoire with d5, c6. Volume 2: The Caro-Kann Schachtrainer the material is based on

the material is based on the output of the brilliant endgame composer and player Herman Mattison (1894-1932)

GM Axel Smith answers these questions

and the trainer of choice for world champions and elite players alike

He wants to become the youngest chess grandmaster in the world

fighting from the first move

Kornev: A Practical Black Repertoire with d5, c6. Volume 2: The Caro-Kann Schachtrainer the material is based onVolume 2: The Caro Kann and Other Defences. Volume 2 deals in depth with the Caro Kann Defence 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 and various deviations for White as 1. e4 c6 2. d3; 2. Nc3; 2. c4. This part also analyses rare systems where White leaves the main roads, but Black remains true to the spirit of his conception for the centre, for instance, 1. c4 c6, 1. Nf3 d5 Kornev does not confine himself to dry variations, he also aptly explains the ideas behind them.