- Sokolov – The Candidates Tournament Review
- Marin – Old Wine in New Bottles
- Foisor – State of Play with Sabina (Attacking Chess)
- Leitao – The Search for the Brazilian Immortal
- Szabo – The Keres Attack (Theoretical Survey)
- Ivanisevic – Ivan’s Short Cuts (Theoretical Overview)
- Perunovic – The Rossolimo Sicilian (Theoretical Survey)
- Kannapann – The Four Knights for White (Theoretical Survey)
- Milanovic – New Ideas in the Philidor Defence (Theoretical Survey)
- Prusikin – Shine and Poverty of Double Pawns
- Rogers – Biel Festival 1985 and 1986 (Roger’s Reminiscences)
- Griffin – A tribute to Lev Polugaevsky
Traditional sections: games, combinations, endings, Correspondence chess, Tournament reviews, the best game from the preceding volume and the most important theoretical novelty from the preceding volume.