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The Caro Kann Defence is a much-played opening today, with which Black often makes life difficult for White after 1.e4. In his ChessBase course "Weapons against the Caro-Kann, 1 and 2", English GM Daniel Fernandez shows how White can successfully combat this defence. Christian Höthe took a look at the course.

Two rounds, two wins. Arjun Erigaisi won his second game at the Tepe Sigemann & Co tournament in Malmö. The Indian grandmaster’s victory over Saleh Salem was the only decisive game of the second round. The other three games ended in draws, with Alexei Shirov and Jorden van Foreest playing a particularly fierce battle. | Photos: Lars OA Hedlund

by Arne Kaehler 4/16/2021 – Lawrence Trent and Arne Kaehler talk about what happened chess-wise last week. They give their opinions on various topics, and encourage you to think about the subject, analyse games, or read the articles thoroughly yourself. This week some topics are the gender gap, and if it even exists, who Max Bluemich is, and what his connection to Alekhine is, and of course who will win the Candidates Tournament. Caruana, or Giri? new: ...