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 Anish Giri, Ashot Nadanian, Efstratios Grivas, Jose Vilela, and many others.
Sosonko’s Corner
In this Corner, Sosonko focuses on preparation aimed at a specific opponent. How did star players like Magnus Carlsen, Anatoly Karpov and Mikhail Tal adapt their opening choice to the strengths and weaknesses of their rivals? In short; how do you surprise an opponent who thinks he knows everything about you?
Book Reviews
Glenn Flear has read four books on gambits for this Yearbook. Part four of John Watson’s famous ‘Mastering the Chess Openings’ series concentrates largely on gambits. David Vigorito’s ‘Understanding the Marshall Attack’ is on a mainstream opening which, however, started long ago as a gambit and in fact still is one! Boris Alterman’s ‘The Alterman Gambit Guide – White Gambits’ is a repertoire book for players who like to sac a pawn for sharp positions, whereas Kiril Georgiev’s ‘Squeezing the Gambits’ aims to give good antidotes to the Benko, Budapest, Albin (Counter-) and Blumenfeld Gambits.
Surveys
Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 7...Qb6 - SI 8.1 - Karolyi
Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.Be3 - SI 14.8 - Huerga Leache
Sicilian Defence - Accelerated Dragon 4...g6 - SI 33.3 - Huerga Leache
Sicilian Defence - Taimanov Variation 8...Bb4 - SI 40.2 - Zakhartsov
Sicilian Defence - Closed Variation 2...a6 - SI 44.4 - Vegh
French Defence - Rubinstein Variation 7.c3 - FR 7.4 - Meier
Caro-Kann Defence - Advance Variation 4.Nf3 - CK 4.8 - S. Kasparov
Caro-Kann Defence - Advance Variation 4.Nf3 - CK 4.11 - Finkel
Scandinavian Defence - 3.Nf3 Line - SD 8.2 - Vilela
Alekhine’s Defence - Voronezh Variation 5.ed6 - AL 7.14 - Raetsky/Chetverik
Petroff Defence - Jaenisch Variation 8.c4 - RG 6.12 - Lukacs/Hazai
Ruy Lopez - Cozio Variation 3...Nge7 - RL 4.1-4 - A. Kuzmin
Ruy Lopez - Berlin Variation 6.de5 - RL 7.1 - Fogarasi
Ruy Lopez - Exchange Variation 5...Qf6 - RL 8.6 - Anka
Ruy Lopez - Arkhangelsk Variation 6...Bc5 - RL 12.6 - Lukacs/Hazai
King’s Pawn Opening - Two Knights Variation 4.d4 - KP 15.11 - Hafner/Olthof
Queen’s Gambit Declined - Exchange Variation 10.h3 - QO 11.12 - Karolyi
Slav Defence - Krause Variation 9.e3 - SL 4.5 - Gupta
Slav Defence - Anti-Moscow 5.Bg5 h6 - SL 6.6 - Dronavalli
Tarrasch Defence - Semi-Tarrasch 6.e4 - TD 2.9 - Grivas
Catalan Opening - Closed Variation 4...Bb4 - CA 1.3 - A. Kuzmin
Nimzo-Indian Defence - Rubinstein Variation 5.Ne2 - NI 13.5 - Panczyk/Ilczuk
Nimzo-Indian Defence - Classical Variation 4...c5 - NI 21.12 - Sulskis
Nimzo-Indian Defence - Vienna Variation 7.e5 - NI 27.14 - Scherbakov
Grünfeld Indian Defence - Exchange Variation 5.e3 - GI 3.1 - Vegh
Grünfeld Indian Defence - Exchange Variation 7.Nf3 - GI 4.5+8 - Palliser
King’s Indian Defence - Classical Main Line 9.Ne1 - KI 3.4 - Finkel
Benoni Defence - The Bd3, h3 System - BI 8.14 - Neubauer
Old Indian Defence - Schmid Benoni 6.Be2 - OI 16.14 - S. Kasparov
Dutch Defence - Leningrad Variation 7...Qe8 - HD 6.14 - Panczyk/Ilczuk
English Opening - Symmetrical Variation 3...b6 - EO 40.6 - Andriasian
English Opening - Anti-Grünfeld Line 5.e4 - EO 52.8 - De Dovitiis
