Publisher: New in Chess, 2015, Pages: 256, Paperback
Forum
The Forum Section has interesting contributions by well-known players like Bogdan Lalic, Luis Rodi and Piotr Wolochowicz, as well as some surprising letters by other readers.
Columns
Joel Benjamin has started a NEW COLUMN called Repertoire Building with Benjamin, in which he guides club players in their search for openings that are best suited to their needs.
In Kuzmin’s Harvest, Alexey Kuzmin investigates the opening play of three World Champions at the second Gashimov Memorial: Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen.
Preview
This Yearbook has a preview of an extraordinary new opening book by John Watson and Eric Schiller: 'Taming Wild Chess Openings', which presents a host of uncommon openings in an original way.
Reviews
Glenn Flear reviews 'The Art of the King’s Indian' by Gufeld & Stetsko, 'Kotronias on the King’s Indian Vol. 2&3', 'The Modern Vienna Game' by Ovechkin & Soloviov, and two New In Chess Books: Sergey Kasparov’s 'A Cunning Chess Opening for Black' and Zaven Andriasyan’s 'The English Attack against the Taimanov Sicilian'.
Surveys
1.e4 openings
- Sicilian Defence - Rossolimo Variation 3...d6 - S. Kasparov
- Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.Bg5 - Sethuraman
- Sicilian Defence - Taimanov Variation 5...Qc7 - Tuncer
- Sicilian Defence - Alapin Variation 2...d5 - Fogarasi
- King’s Fianchetto - 3.c4 Line - De Dovitiis
- French Defence - Tarrasch Variation 3...h6 - Eingorn
- Scandinavian Defence - Main Line 4...e5 - Bezgodov
- Ruy Lopez - Berlin Defence 4.d3 - Illingworth/Smerdon
- Ruy Lopez - Zaitsev Variation 9...Bb7 - Kislik
- Italian Game - Evans Gambit 5...Ba5 - Szabo
- King’s Gambit - Mason Gambit 3.Nc3 - Olthof
1.d4 openings
- Queen’s Gambit Declined - Carlsbad Variation 9...Nh5 - Lukacs/Hazai
- Queen’s Gambit Declined - Classical main Line 8...b6 - Marin/Stoica
- Slav Defence - SL Accepted: Other Moves, 5...e6 - I. Almasi
- Slav Defence - Krause Variation 7...Qc7 - Karolyi
- Queen’s Gambit Accepted - Alekhine Variation 4...b5 - Antic
- Catalan Opening - Bogo-Indian Variation 3...Bb4+ - Prasanna
- Queen’s Gambit Declined - Nimzowitsch Variation 4...Ba6 - Lalic
- King’s Indian Defence - Makogonov Variation 6.h3 - Kuzmin
- King’s Indian Defence - Fianchetto Variation 7...Bf5 - Illingworth
- King’s Indian Defence - Early Divergences 3.d5 - Adorjan
- Dutch Defence - Stonewall Variation 7.b3 - Ikonnikov
- English Opening - Symmetrical Variation 3.g3 - Braga
- English Opening - Flohr-Mikenas Variation 8...Nc6 - Panczyk/Ilczuk
- Réti Opening - 1...d5 2.c4 e6 - Sethuraman
- Réti Opening - Lasker Variation 4...Bf5 - Panczyk/Ilczuk
Exercises
With more than 75 practical opening exercises to test your understanding
