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. The Forum has, among others, Viktor Moskalenko’s analysis of the Budapest Gambit Vasily Ivanchuk played so surprisingly at the London Candidates’.
Columns
In Benjamin’s Opening Takes, Joel Benjamin studies pawn sacrifices by top grandmasters, and in Kuzmin’s Harvest, Alexey Kuzmin takes a close look at the Candidates’ tournament, which will also feature in several Surveys. Youth World Champion Alexander Ipatov debuts with a Survey, and Sergey Tiviakov is back! Glenn Flear reviews The Open Spanish by Victor Mikhalevsky, The Modern Benoni by Marian Petrov, and The Perfect Pirc-Modern by Viktor Moskalenko.
Surveys
Sicilian Defence – Moscow Variation 3.Bb5 – SI 1.9 – Tiviakov
Sicilian Defence – Hungarian Variation 4.Qd4 – SI 2.2 – Raetsky/Chetverik
Sicilian Defence – Sozin Variation 6…Qb6 – SI 25.6 – Zeller
Sicilian Defence – Rauzer Variation 6…g6 – SI 27.1 – Bosch
Sicilian Defence – Richter/Rauzer Variation 6…Bd7 – SI 27.5 – Le Ruyet/Sochacki
Pirc Defence – Austrian Attack 7.Bc4 – PU 12.9 – Rodi
French Defence – Tarrasch Variation 3…Nf6 – FR 17.11 – S. Kasparov
Caro-Kann Defence – Panov Attack 5…g6 – CK 3.2 – S. Kasparov
Caro-Kann Defence – Advance Variation 4.Be2 e6 5.Nf3 – CK 4.11 – Panczyk/Ilczuk
Petroff Defence – 3.Ne5 Ne4 Line – RG 3.1 – Ipatov
Ruy Lopez – Early Divergences after 3…a6 4.Ba4 – RL 12.3 – Marin
Italian Game – Hungarian Defence 3…Be7 – IG 3.8 – Bosch
Scotch Opening – Four Knights Variation 5…Bb4 – SO 3.8 – Tay
Queen’s Gambit Declined – Exchange Variation 4…Nd5 – QO 11.4 – Finkel
Slav Defence – Chebanenko Variation 6.c5 – SL 3.1 – Lukacs/Hazai
Slav Defence – Semi-Slav 5.e3 – SL 8.5 – Antic
Catalan Opening – Accepted 4…dc4 – CA 3.1 – Horvath/Juhasz
Nimzo-Indian Defence – Karpov Variation 4…b6 – NI 4.7 – Ikonnikov
Nimzo-Indian Defence – Vienna Variation 6…h6 – NI 27.13 – Ninov
Grünfeld Indian Defence – GI 3.f3 Line – GI 1.1 – Fogarasi
Grünfeld Indian Defence – GI 4.Bg5 Line – GI 3.5 – Karolyi
King’s Indian Defence – Classical Variation 7…ed4 – KI 15.3 – Antic
King’s Indian Defence – Averbakh Variation 5.Be2, 6.Bg5 – KI 24.4-6 – Lemos Sarro
King’s Indian Defence – Adorjan Gambit 3.f3 e5 – KI 81.2 – Adorjan/Vegh
Benoni Defence – Fianchetto Variation 7.g3 – BI 9.9-16 – Okhotnik/Appleberry
English Opening – Symmetrical Variation 4…g6 – EO 34.3 – Vilela
