Khalifman Alexander, Soloviov Sergei. Squeezing the Caro-Kann Simple Chess

Chess Stars Publishing, 2022. — 555 p. — ISBN: 978-619-7188-28-8.The book offers a positional repertoire against the Caro-Kann, based on exd5. The authors recommend an economical and quite promising method for White to fight against the Caro-Kann Defence – the Exchange system (3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3). This minimalist approach against this classical opening deserves very serious attention today. This is confirmed incidentally by the fact that at present the popularity of the Exchange system (particularly after the year 2017) has increased considerably, and at quite different levels.The Caro-Kann Exchange Variation
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3Setup without h3
Rare; 4...Nf6 5.c3.
4...Nc6 5.c3 Rare; 5...e6 6.Nf3.
4...Nc6 5.c3 g6 6.Nf3.
4...Nc6 5.c3 Qc7 6.Na3.
4...Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Rare; A) 6...Qb6 7.Qb3; B) 6...e6 7.Nd2.
4...Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 w/o 7...Qc8 & 7...Qd7.
4...Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Nd2.
4...Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nd2.Setup with Early Move h3
4...Nf6 5.h3; 4...Nc6 5.c3 Qc7 6.h3.
4...Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.h3 e6 7.Nf3.
4...Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.h3 g6 7.Nf3.
4...Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.h3 e5 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Nf3.Complete GamesIndex of Variations.
Index of Complete Games.