Looking for good Caro-Kann master games

I have heard that I should study games by Anatoly Karpov, David Navara, Alexey Dreev, Tigran Petrosian and Alireza Firouzja, but I guess there are also good games by many other players.

There are thousands of games to choose from. What I am looking for is ten or twenty high quality instructive games.

I have found two Anand games and three Nimzowitsch games:

Topalov vs Anand, Linares 1999

Caro-Kann: Advance variation

I don't know of any video commentary or annotations on this game, but it is featured in the book World's Greatest Chess Games.

Also in this book is Anand - Bologan 2003 which is reviewed by Sam Copeland:

The three Nimzowitsch games are featured in his book Chess Praxis:

Spielmann - Nimzowitsch, Karlsbad 1923

Exchange variation

Computer analysis: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/pgn/49ewzMRyjt

1 mistake by black, 1 mistake and 2 blunders by white.

Levenfish - Nimzowitsch, Vilnius 1912

Accelerated Panov Attack

Computer analysis: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/pgn/2xtVenmsuQ

1 mistake and 1 blunder from White, 2 inaccuracies and 0 mistakes by Black

Krause - Nimzowitsch, Correspondence 1924/25

01:41 Sergey Karjakin - Alireza Firouzja, FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup (2020)

12:22 Aryan Tari - Alireza Firouzja, Norway Chess (2020)

19:45 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Alireza Firouzja, Tata Steel Masters (2021)

26:42 Markus Ragger - Alireza Firouzja, European Team Championship (2021)

35:22 Viktor Erdos - Alireza Firouzja, European Team Championship (2021)

There are also some example games in Joe Gallagher's book "Starting out: the Caro-Kann"

Joe recommends buying Tal-Botvinnik 1960 as he says there are lots of Caro-Kann games in it.

I would recommend looking into Lars Schandorff book on the Caro. I've read all his other books so I'm sure this is going to be a great book. It's a Grandmaster Repertoire book but it does not mean you need to be a Grandmaster to get value out of it. The bold mainline is what you need to "memorize" and the rest are extra details to explain certain concepts that go on in the opening. 

Of course, even thought it was made by grandmasters, have an engine on to look over the positions. Sometimes, the lines get outdated by better moves and I don't mean a line was better by .1 but if it is significant by .5 and up, then make a correction

idts but I will try

Honestly bro, just go to Agamator's channel on YouTube and take your pick. All he does is break down high quality games

its pretty good. His e4 New York style course is way better

pick up the book "The Modern Tiger" by Tiger Hillarp Persson. Best book for modern defense

There are thousands of good Caro-Kann games.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1066969

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1066979 

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2010700 

You are the 2nd person now who has recommended Lars' book to me, so I am increasingly tempted.

And he also credits Schandorff's book for resurrecting his career

Kevin. google Erwin L'Ami .. he is a caro expert

Thanks for all of your responses so far.

I remember now that there were some Caro-Kann Advance games where black wins that I looked at and posted before after reading a negative opinion on the Caro-Kann:

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/do-not-play-caro-kann

Including the starting out: caro-kann book and the Win with the Caro-Kann book, I have something like 50 games to study. This will take some time, but hopefully will help my understanding of this great game.

Caro-Kann games do not feature very often in general game collection books because it is rare for black to win in spectacular style. They tend to be long drawn out strategic games.

Anatoly Karpov's wrote a Caro-Kann book with Mikhail Podgaets called "Caro-Kann Advance variation and Gambit System" fifteen years ago.

The book does show its age. The Gambit System is better known as the Fantasy variation today.

Fantasy games mentioned in this book include:

• Skurski - Gasic, Poland 2000
• Levitsky - Izbinsky, St Petersburg 1905
• Raudive - Zelezny, Decin 1995
• Hromadka - Dobias, Pilsen 1911
• Skripchenko - Ziganova, Elista 1998
• Tartakower - Przepiorka, Budapest 1929
• Mitkov - Gohan, Santiago 1990
• Teichman - Mieses, Berlin 1910
• Peregudov - Savon, St Petersburg 1994
• Flueckiger - Tisdall, Berne 1994
• Adams - Seirawan, Bermuda 1999
• Peptan - Chiburdanidze, Bled 2002
• Smagin - Summerscale, Nimes 1991
• Mitkov - Douven, Groningen 1991
• Kasparian - Holmov, Tbilisi 1949
• Movsesian - Stohl, Austria 2001
• Ivanov - Galkin, St Petersburg 1993
• Smagin - Meduna, Prague 1992
• Smagin - Berg, Copenhagen 1992
• Bundgen - Grund, Leverkuizen 1997
• Santo Roman - Oshar, Chambery 1994
• Murey - Kadimova, Cappelle le Grande 1996
• Conquest - Delemarre, Groningen 1997

Here are some of the games featured in that book:

Thanks for sharing!

Correction: Lars Schandorff is the king. Levy quotes his book for falling in love with the Caro. While I don’t play Caro, I do play Semi-Slav and his book was amazing. I almost beat Lefong with just prep from that book