user33209: Where can I find information on the 7. ... e6 variation of classical Caro-Kann, preferrably a book? It was played in the Anand-Carlsen world championship match 2013.
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6

The following books do not cover the classical variation (4. ..Bf5) with 7. ..e6:

Rambaldi's The Caro-Kann Revisited
Schandorff's GM Repertoire
Schandorff's Playing the Caro-Kann
Gallagher's Starting Out
Lifetime Repertoires: Caro-Kann by GM Erwin L'Ami
Opening Repertoire - The Caro-Kann (Houska Jovanka, Everyman 2015)
The Caro-Kann move by move (by Cyrus Lakdawala)
The Modernized Caro-Kann (Daniel Fernandez)

(some of these cover the classical variation, but with 7. ..Ne7 instead)

user33890: Vidit Gujrathi - Fashionable Caro-Kann. Check his video at Bilibili. You can download the Bilibili app. It's a solid 'secretive' line (7...e6) for Caro players. I made a pgn file and will use the variation as the main line.

user4418: Chapter 1 of "...c6 Playing the Caro-Kann and Slav as Black" by Cyrus Lakdawala and Keaton Kiewra is 70 pages long and covers the Classical Variation in great detail. This is a good book which explores the ideas behind the moves as well just giving analysis. 10 games are analyzed in the chapter, 2 of which feature the black move 'e6' although on move 6 rather than move 7.
It's bizarre. As you say almost none of the books claiming to cover the Caro-Kann even mention the Classical Variation. I just checked in Volume 1 of the normally excellent John Watson's "Mastering the Chess Openings" to see what he covers for the Caro-Kann. Obscure (to me) lines like the "Short Variation" and "Zviagintsev Variation" get a mention but no Classical!

user2299: The move 7...e6 is mentioned briefly by Andy Soltis on p. 105 of the Caro-Kann Defense book in the Understanding Chess series from R.H.M. Press. He doesn't recommend it:

But at this moment accuracy is essential. After 7...e6 White gains too much time by forcing Black's Bishop on g6 to move again; e.g., 8. Ne5 Bh7 9.Bd3 and if 9...Qxd4? 10. Nxf7! (for if 10...Kxf7 11. Bg6+! wins the Queen), or if 9...Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Ng6! (for if 12...fxg6 13. Qxg6+ Ke7 14. Bb4+ wins. Black can defend better in these lines (for example, 10...Nd7 instead of 10...Nf6), but basically he has lost a move (8...Bh7).

This is from 1980, and Soltis's 12. Ng6 may not stand up to engine analysis.

33209: <p>Where can I find information on the 7. ... e6 variation of classical Caro-Kann, preferrably a book? It was played in the Anand-Carlsen world championship match 2013.</p>
<pre><code>[FEN &quot;&quot;]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6
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<p>The following books do not cover the classical variation (4. ..Bf5) with 7. ..e6:</p>
<ul>
<li>Rambaldi's The Caro-Kann Revisited</li>
<li>Schandorff's GM Repertoire</li>
<li>Schandorff's Playing the Caro-Kann</li>
<li>Gallagher's Starting Out</li>
<li>Lifetime Repertoires: Caro-Kann by GM Erwin L'Ami</li>
<li>Opening Repertoire - The Caro-Kann (Houska Jovanka, Everyman 2015)</li>
<li>The Caro-Kann move by move (by Cyrus Lakdawala)</li>
<li>The Modernized Caro-Kann (Daniel Fernandez)</li>
</ul>
<p>(some of these cover the classical variation, but with 7. ..Ne7 instead)</p>
 33890: <p>Vidit Gujrathi - Fashionable Caro-Kann. Check his video at Bilibili. You can download the Bilibili app. It's a solid 'secretive' line (7...e6) for Caro players. I made a pgn file and will use the variation as the main line.</p>
 4418: <p>Chapter 1 of &quot;<em>...c6 Playing the Caro-Kann and Slav as Black</em>&quot; by Cyrus Lakdawala and Keaton Kiewra is 70 pages long and covers the Classical Variation in great detail. This is a good book which explores the ideas behind the moves as well just giving analysis. 10 games are analyzed in the chapter, 2 of which feature the black move 'e6' although on move 6 rather than move 7.</p>
<p>It's bizarre. As you say almost none of the books claiming to cover the Caro-Kann even mention the Classical Variation. I just checked in Volume 1 of the normally excellent John Watson's &quot;<em>Mastering the Chess Openings</em>&quot; to see what he covers for the Caro-Kann. Obscure (to me) lines like the &quot;Short Variation&quot; and &quot;Zviagintsev Variation&quot; get a mention but no Classical!</p>
 2299: <p>The move 7...e6 is mentioned briefly by Andy Soltis on p. 105 of the <em>Caro-Kann Defense</em> book in the Understanding Chess series from R.H.M. Press. He doesn't recommend it:</p>
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<p>But at this moment accuracy is essential. After 7...e6 White gains too much time by forcing Black's Bishop on g6 to move again; e.g., 8. Ne5 Bh7 9.Bd3 and if 9...Qxd4? 10. Nxf7! (for if 10...Kxf7 11. Bg6+! wins the Queen), or if 9...Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Ng6! (for if 12...fxg6 13. Qxg6+ Ke7 14. Bb4+ wins. Black can defend better in these lines (for example, 10...Nd7 instead of 10...Nf6), but basically he has lost a move (8...Bh7).</p>
</blockquote>
<p>This is from 1980, and Soltis's 12. Ng6 may not stand up to engine analysis.</p>
