Yearbook 98

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 the world’s youngest grandmaster Illya Nyzhnyk, as well as Bogdan Lalic, Alexey Kuzmin, Nenad Sulava, Jose Vilela, Ufuk Tuncer and others.

Book Reviews
Glenn Flear reviews Viktor Moskalenko’s second important book on the French: ‘The Wonderful Winawer’. A must for every French player, and it also makes for a nice comparison with the daring suggestions of ‘gingergm’ Simon Williams on his two-part DVD ‘Killer French Defence’. The third review subject is Grigory Bogdanovich’s ‘The Zukertort System: A Guide for White and Black’, a relatively obscure but dangerous system frequently employed by Artur Yusupov. David Vigorito’s ‘Attacking Chess: The King’s Indian, Volume 1’ is the fourth and last production under scrutiny – definitely a good addition to the stock of King’s Indian books on the market!

Surveys
Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 7...Nc6 - SI 4.6 - Goudriaan/Bekker
Sicilian Defence - Accelerated Dragon 7...Qa5 - SI 33.3 - Huerga Leache
Sicilian Defence - Alapin Variation 2...Nf6 - SI 47.10 - Olthof
Pirc Defence - The 150 Attack 4.Be3 - PU 9.2 - Finkel
King’s Fianchetto - North Sea Variation 2...Nf6 - KF 2.2 - Panczyk/Ilczuk
French Defence - Advance Variation 6.a3 - FR 3.6 - Sveshnikov
French Defence - Steinitz Variation 6...Be7 - FR 4.4 - Moskalenko
Caro-Kann Defence - Short Variation 3...d4 - CK 1.3 - Lemos Sarro
Scandinavian Defence - Gubnitsky-Pytel Variation 3...Qd6 - SD 8.11 - S. Kasparov
Petroff Defence - Nimzowitsch Variation 5.Nc3 - RG 3.5 - Fogarasi
Ruy Lopez - Jaenisch Gambit 3...f5 - RL 6.1-14 - Dronavalli
Ruy Lopez - Anti-Marshall Variation 8.h3 - RL 17.2 - Lukacs/Hazai
Scotch Opening - Halloween Gambit 4.Ne5 - SO 1.1 - Pliester
Scotch Opening - Mieses Variation 8...Nb6 - SO 4.3 - A. Kuzmin
King’s Pawn Opening - Spanish Four Knights 4...Bb4 - KP 10.10 - Bosch
Various Openings - Budapest Gambit 3...Ne4 - VO 17.7 - Gutman
Queen’s Gambit Declined - Lasker Variation 7...Ne4 - QO 14.10 - Anka
Queen’s Gambit Declined - Cambridge Springs Variation 8.Õc1 - QO 15.7 - Boersma
Slav Defence - Krause Variation 6.Ne5 - SL 4.4 - Vladimirov
Slav Defence - Krause Variation 11...g5 - SL 4.5 - Karolyi
Slav Defence - Moscow Variation 5...h6 - SL 6.6 - Ikonnikov
Queen’s Indian Defence - Nimzowitsch Variation 4...Ba6 - QI 14.7 - Karolyi
Queen’s Indian Defence - Nimzowitsch Variation 5.Qa4 - QI 14.13 - A. Kuzmin
Queen’s Indian Defence - Nimzowitsch Variation 5...Bb4 - QI 16.13 - Gupta
Grünfeld Indian Defence - Fianchetto Variation 10...a5 - GI 1.10 - Olthof
Grünfeld Indian Defence - Exchange Variation 7.Bc4 - GI 5.7 - Flear
Grünfeld Indian Defence - Russian Variation 7...a6 - GI 10.5-7 - Adorjan/Vegh
King's Indian Defence - Old Main Line 7...Nbd7 - KI 13.3 - Finkel
Benoni Defence - Four Pawns Attack 10.e5 - BI 7.16 - Van der Tak
Benoni Defence - Benko Gambit 5.b6 - BI 23.2 - S. Kasparov
English Opening - Early Divergences 4...g6 - EO 63.4 - Tiviakov