Publisher: Chess Informant, 2006, Pages 316, Paperback
900 games, May 2006 - Aug 2006
Events covered in Chess Informant #97: Sarajevo, Sofia, Torino (ol), Foros, Taiyuan, Biel, Paks, Dortmund, Montreal, China - Russia (m), Amsterdam, etc.
Contributors: V. Anand, Kramnik, Svidler, Morozevich, Ivanchuk, Leko, Mi. Adams, B. Gelfand, Mamedyarov, Navara, Grischuk, R. Ponomariov, Nisipeanu, Rublevsky, Ki. Georgiev, Tiviakov, N. Short, Van Wely, A. Naiditsch, Sergey Karjakin, Kasimdzhanov, Bu Xiangzhi, Iv. Sokolov, J. Lautier, Bologan, V. Milov, L. Dominguez, M. Gurevich, Bruzon, Krasenkow, A. Volokitin, B. Avrukh, Va. Salov, M. Kobalia, P. H. Nielsen, A. Beliavsky, Alexander Moiseenko, Riazantsev, Je. Piket, Macieja, Sutovsky, T. Gelashvili, A. Galkin, Ar. Jussupow, Vescovi, Ribli, Xie Yun, Christiansen, J. Timman, J. Benjamin, Mikhalchishin, Speelman, and many others.
Trademark Sections: The voting for the ten best games and the ten most important theoretical novelties from Chess Informant 96, theoretical survey in ECO format, the most interesting recent combinations, endings and studies, tournament standings and crosstables, and the best of Svetozar Gligoric’s creative output.
