Hi William, I'm an NM that has played this Blackmar Diemer style approach to the Caro Kann for over a decade. I typically get the kind of games you're showcasing above and enjoy them very much. However, I think for the sake of balance in coverage, would show some of your games in which black avoids castling on move ...8 after 8 Qe1?I'm particularly interested in how you play the white side after black avoids castling and plays slow moves like 8... bNd7, ...a6 and then...c5. He has time to castle once he sees what white is up to. What are your thoughts on this approach as black and what ideas do you generally employ as white at this point? P.S. I really enjoy your channel and your over -all approach to attacking chess.
Hope to see a reply to the above post as I was wondering same thing… how to proceed if black refrains from castling on move 8 and instead develops pieces leaving open the idea of castling queenside (instead of kingside).
