“As the engines get better, the engines get stupider”: Àlvar Alonso on the Caro-Kann Defence

IM Hannes Langrock had a look at one of our latest Fritztrainers, ‘How to play the Caro-Kann’ by Spanish GM Àlvar Alonso Rosell, and stumbled across the realisation quoted above. Modern engines judge precisely, but explain nothing. Àlvar Alonso Rosell, on the other hand, explains ideas and plans in great detail, says Hannes Langrock.