If you play 1.e4, you need a variation against the Caro-Kann. The Advance Variation is popular and successful: White puts Black under pressure from the outset. In his ChessBase FritzTrainer “Understanding Middlegame Strategies, Volume 10”, the successful coach and author Ivan Sokolov has analysed and explained the most important ideas and strategic concepts of this system. Hannes Langrock watched the course and was impressed.

