NIC Forum
Readers from all over the world join in discussions of previous surveys. Both (grand)masters and club players shed their light on new opening developments and search together for the truth.

Sosonko's Corner
'In chess nobody has ever died from a check' is as valid a proverb as 'never forsake a check - it might be mate'. Genna Sosonko gives a host of examples of checking in the opening, which paid off.

Book Review
This time the core of Glenn Flear's book review is a comparison between two new monographs on the Leningrad Dutch: one in English (Valeri Beim: Understanding the Leningrad Dutch, Gambit 2002) and one in German (Stefan Kindermann: Leningrader System, Chessgate 2002).
He also liked a new publication by two Polish authors on the venerable Cambridge Springs.

36 NIC Surveys Yearbook 66
Sicilian: Najdorf Variation, by Greenfeld
Sicilian: Kalashnikov Variation, by Olthof
Sicilian: Sveshnikov Variation, by Tzermiadianos
Sicilian: Taimanov Variation with 5.Nb5, by Lukacs/Hazai
Sicilian: Taimanov Variation with 5.Nc3, by I.Almasi
Sicilian: Kan Variation, by Bosch
Sicilian: Nimzowitsch Variation, by Van der Tak
French: MacCutcheon Variation, by I.Almasi
French: Winawer Variation 5.Qg4, by Pliester
French: Winawer Variation 7.Qg4, by I.Almasi
Caro-Kann: Advance Variation with 4.Be3, by Bosch
Caro-Kann: Advance Variation with 4.Nc3, by Boersma
Scandinavian: Gubnitsky-Pytel Variation 3...Qd6, by Karolyi
Petroff: Marshall Variation, by Greenfeld
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Variation, by Llanos/Soppe
Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation, by Van der Sterren
Two Knights: Traxler Gambit, by De Zeeuw
Two Knights: Fischer-Steinitz Variation, by Timoshenko
King’s Gambit: Classical Variation 3...g5, by Jensen
Chigorin: Exchange Variation, by Fogarasi
Queen’s Gambit Declined: Classical Main Line, by Sosonko
Slav: Rausis Variation 4.Qc2 dc4 5.e4, by Lukacs/Hazai
Slav: Chameleon Variation 4...a6, by Flear
Slav: Meran Variation, by Karolyi
Catalan: Open Variation, by Fogarasi
Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein Variation, by Pliester
Nimzo-Indian: Classical Variation, by Langeweg
Nimzo-Indian: Manhattan Variation, by Lukacs/Hazai
Queen’s Indian: Nimzowitsch Variation, by Langeweg
Grünfeld Indian: Fianchetto Variation, by Dautov
Grünfeld Indian: Anti-Grünfeld Variation 4.Bf4, by Van der Tak
King’s Indian: Gligoric Variation, by Gavrilov
King’s Indian: Seirawan’s Favourite 5.Bd3, by Panczyk/Ilczuk
Benoni: Modern Main Line with Bd3 and Nge2, by Cebalo
Volga Gambit: Main Line with 5.ba6, by Van der Weide
Queen’s Pawn: Richter-Veresov Attack, by Fogarasi