Yearbook 94

Forum
Readers from all over the world join in discussions on previous Surveys. Titled players, correspondence players and club players shed their light on opening developments and search for the truth together. With contributions by Alexey Kuzmin, Viktor Moskalenko, Viacheslav Zakhartsov, Emil Anka, Nikolay Ninov, Tony Kosten, Jose Vilela, Dan Heisman and many others.

Sosonko’s Corner
In his Corner, Genna Sosonko illustrates the dangers of not being sufficiently prepared. As he demonstrates, this can even happen to the likes of Alexander Morozevich, Lev Polugaevsky and… Genna Sosonko! What to do when you do not feel prepared? It even happened to the great Viktor Kortchnoi, but he knew what to do about it.

Book Reviews
How to combat the Sicilian Defence with white? Glenn Flear reviews two books that deal with this eternal question: Jesus de la Villa’s ‘Dismantling the Sicilian’, a courageous attempt at a comprehensive system for White, and Alexander Khalifman’s ‘Opening for White according to Anand – 1.e4 (Volume 12), which investigates the Classical Sicilian in depth. A sharp Flearian comparison between the two follows. The English grandmaster further presents three repertoire books: Sergey Shipov’s ‘The Complete Hedgehog’, Mihail Marin’s ‘The English Opening’ (part 1, covering 1.c4 e5) and Ivan Sokolov’s ‘The Ruy Lopez Revisited’ on Spanish sidelines. All three are high-quality works, not to be missed by the opening fan.

Surveys
Sicilian Defence - Dragon Variation 9.0-0-0 - SI 17.4 - Van der Tak
Sicilian Defence - Scheveningen Variation 6.Be3 - SI 19.12 - Adla/Moreno Gracia
Sicilian Defence - Sveshnikov Variation 11.c4 - SI 37.8 - Van der Wiel
King’s Fianchetto - 3.c4 Line with 5...f5 - KF 4.5 - Ikonnikov
French Defence - Rubinstein Variation 7.Be3 - FR 7.4 - Finkel
Caro-Kann Defence - Advanced Variation 4.Nf3 - CK 4.11 - Finkel
Alekhine’s Defence - Exchange Variation 6...Nc6 - AL 7.3 - Cabrera
Petroff Defence - Steinitz Variation 5.de5 - RG 2.2 - Fogarasi
Ruy Lopez - Neo-Steinitz 6.Bc6 - RL 10.7 - Karolyi
Ruy Lopez - Open Variation 9.Nbd2 - RL 27.14 - Mikhalevski
Italian Game - Max Lange Gambit 5.d4 - IG 2.1 - Gutman
Scotch Opening - Classical Variation 4...Bc5 - SO 5.6 - Anka
Various Openings - Fajarowicz Gambit 4.Nf3 - VO 17.9-11 - Gutman
Queen’s Gambit Declined - Early Divergences 4...dc4 - QO 16.9 - Boersma
Slav Defence - Slav Accepted 7.Bc4 - SL 3.4/6.5 - Pliester
Slav Defence - Krause Variation 6.Nh4 - SL 4.1 - Lukacs/Hazai
Slav Defence - Anti-Moscow Variation 6.Bh4 - SL 6.6 - Olthof
Slav Defence - Botvinnik Variation 16.Na4 - SL 7.8 - Palliser
Slav Defence - Semi-Slav 6...Bd6 - SL 8.4 - A. Kuzmin
Slav Defence - Meran Variation 8.Bd3 - SL 9.5 - Tzermiadianos
Catalan Opening - Open Variation 5...Bb4 - CA 3.1 - A. Kuzmin
Nimzo-Indian Defence - Rubinstein Variation 5.Ne2 - NI 13.5 - Panczyk/Ilczuk
Nimzo-Indian Defence - Vienna Variation 6...h6 - NI 27.13 - Karolyi
Grünfeld Indian Defence - Exchange Variation 7.Nf3 - GI 4.7 - Palliser
Grünfeld Indian Defence - Stockholm Variation 5.Bg5 - GI 8.5 - Grivas
King's Indian Defence - Classical Main Line 9.Ne1 - KI 1.8 - Hoeksema
Benoni Defence - The Bd3, h3 System - BI 8.13 - Neubauer
Benoni Defence - Volga/Benko Gambit 5...g6 - BI 28.6 - S.Kasparov
Dutch Defence - 2.Nc3 Line - HD 12.11 - Volokitin
Dutch Defence - 2.Bg5 Line - HD 12.12 - Moskalenko
English Opening - Anti-Grünfeld Line 5.Qa4 - EO 52.13 - Gupta
English Opening - Anti-Grünfeld Line 1...g6 2.e4 e5 - EO 62.2 - Stohl