CHESS OPENING IDEAS – NOVELTIES – BOOK REVIEWS – THEORY – DISCUSSIONS – GAMBITS
New In Chess  Yearbook contains the latest news in chess openings.

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 Richard Palliser, Miso Cebalo, Valery Bronznik, Bogdan Lalic, José Vilela and many others.

Sosonko’s Corner

A look at an old Slav analysis reminded Genna Sosonko of falling leaves in Autumn. In a melancholy mood, the author of the Corner is at its best. Even better is that you are treated to an original piece of analysis from Sosonko’s days as an elite grandmaster!

Book Reviews
A question that has been haunting mankind for ages is: does size matter? Glenn Flear doesn’t deny it in his Reviews Section. Opening books keep getting bigger and bigger. Which is not bad as long as quality grows with quantity. The relatively unknown authors David Vigorito ('Challenging the Nimzo-Indian') and James Vigus ('The Pirc in Black and White') get the English grandmaster’s nod of approval, but established authors Mihail Marin and John Watson carry the day. Marin’s 'Beating the Open Games' is ‘sensational’ in Flear’s book, and Watson’s 'Dangerous Weapon: The French': ‘an absolute must for French lovers’. Take your pick!

33 Surveys
Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 - SI 14.8 - Anka
Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 - SI 14.8 - Kolev
Sicilian Defence - Rauzer Variation 6...Bd7 - SI 27.5 - Galkin
Sicilian Defence - Rossolimo Variation 4...Qc7 - SI 31.9 - Kolev
Sicilian Defence - Taimanov Variation 6.Nc6 - SI 39.12 - Langeweg
Sicilian Defence - Alapin Variation 2...d5 - SI 46.6 - Mikhalchishin
Sicilian Defence - Alapin Variation 2...Nf6 - SI 47.6 - Sveshnikov
Sicilian Defence - Alapin Variation 2...Nf6 - SI 47.10 - Grivas
Pirc Defence - Classical Variation 5.Be2 - PU 16.7 - Marin/Stoica
French Defence - Steinitz Variation 5.f4 - FR 4.4 - Matamoros
French Defence - Winawer Variation 7...0-0 - FR 11.4 - I.Almasi
French Defence - Tarrasch Variation 3...Be7 - FR 14.4 - Pert
Caro-Kann Defence - Panov Variation 6.Nf3 - CK 3.1 - Olthof
Scandinavian Defence - Main Line 5.Bc4 - SD 11.7 - Prié
Alekhine Defence - Larsen Variation 4...de5 - AL 10.2 - Finkel
Petroff Defence - Steinitz Variation 3.d4 - RG 2.2 - Fogarasi
Ruy Lopez - Berlin Defence 3...Nf6 - RL 7.1 - Grivas
Ruy Lopez - Siesta Variation 5...f5 - RL 11.2 - Van der Tak
Ruy Lopez - Marshall Attack 8...d5 - RL 17.4 - Morgado/Alvarez
King’s Pawn Opening - Two Knights Defence 4.Ng5 - KP 12.8 - Van der Tak
Slav Defence - Marshall Gambit 4.e4 - SL 6.1 - A.Kuzmin
Tarrasch Defence - Marshall Gambit 5.e4 - TD 1.3 - Williams
Catalan Opening - Accepted 4...dc4 - CA 3.1 - Stohl
Queen’s Gambit Accepted - Central Variation 3.e4 b5 - QG 3.2 - Karolyi
Nimzo-Indian Defence - Classical Variation 4.Qc2 d5 - NI 23.4 - Lukacs/Hazai
Queen’s Indian Defence - Petrosian System 4.a3 - QI 4.18 - A.Kuzmin
Queen’s Indian Defence - Nimzowitsch Variation 4...Ba6 - QI 15.6 - Antic
Grünfeld Indian Defence - Exchange Variation 7.Bc4 - GI 5.8 - Mikhalevski
King’s Indian Defence - Fianchetto Variation 3.g3 - KI 67.3 - Lukacs/Hazai
King’s Indian Defence - Anti-Grünfeld 3.Bg5 - KI 81.1 - Fogarasi
Benoni Defence - Blumenfeld Gambit 4...b5 - BI 3.8 - Landa
English Opening - Hedgehog Variation 3...e6 - EO 40.6 - Greenfeld
Réti Opening - Lasker Variation ...Bf5 - RE 6.2 - Vilela

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