NIC Forum
YB/75: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 for the truth together. With contributions by Ruslan Scherbakov and an afterthought by Viktor Kortchnoi, who solves an intriguing riddle around a 1963 game against Matanovic!

Sosonko's Corner
YB/75:In this extended column, Genna Sosonko provides us with a bird’s eye view of the enormous impact that Garry Kasparov has had on opening theory. From his younger years, through his famous World Championship matches with Karpov, right to his last novelties in Linares 2005. Kasparov’s theoretical approach was revolutionary. He used the computer but did not overestimate its abilities. The man from Baku could beat all his rivals with his home preparation, which was an extraordinary broad mixture of modern, ancient and half-forgotten opening lines. Kasparov has stopped playing chess, but his work could keep top grandmasters, who cannot sit still for one week as it is, busy for years. And like many of his colleagues, Sosonko doesn’t rule out a comeback…

Book Review
YB/75:Supply and demand has motivated proficient writer Stefan Kindermann to write his ‘The Spanish Exchange Variation’ in English instead of his mother tongue, as Glenn Flear explains. Admiring its clarity, Flear regrets that this book is too thin! In Konstantin Sakaev and Semko Semkov’s profound ‘Latest Trends in the Semi-Slav: ANTI-MERAN’, Flear has spotted some amazing insights. And he finds Gary Lane’s ‘Ideas Behind Modern Chess Openings: Black’ more relevant than Lane’s version for White.
Who could better review ‘Play the Sicilian Dragon’ by Edward Dearing than our guest author Sergey Tiviakov? Read his expert opinion, but perhaps you should read the book first!
 
33 NIC Surveys Yearbook 75
Sicilian Defence: Moscow Variation 3...Bd7, by Boersma
Sicilian Defence: English Attack 6.Be3, by L'Ami/Smeets
Sicilian Defence: Sozin Variation 6.Bc4, by Van der Weide
Sicilian Defence: Rauzer Variation 9...h6, by Avrukh
Sicilian Defence: Rossolimo Variation 3...g6, by Greenfeld
Sicilian Defence: Taimanov Variation 5...a6, by Langeweg
Sicilian Defence: Paulsen Variation 6...Qb6, by Fogarasi
Pirc Defence: Shirov Gambit 5.g4, by Olthof
Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack 6.e5, by Afek
Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack 6.Bd3, by Tzermiadianos
King's Fianchetto: Anti-Maroczy 4...d6, by Marin
French Defence: Rubinstein Variation 4...Nd7, by Fogarasi
Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall 8.d4, by Karolyi
Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation 9...Nb8, by Olthof
Ruy Lopez: Open Variation 9.Be3, by Van der Tak
Scotch Opening: Mieses Variation 8...Nb6, by Van der Wiel
Scotch Opening: Classical Variation 4...Bc5, by Panczyk/Ilczuk
Two Knights Defence: 5...Nd5, by De Zeeuw
King's Gambit: Bishop's Gambit 3...Nc6, by Narings
Various Openings: English Defence 3.e4, by Stohl
Various Openings: Chigorin Defence 3...e5, by Karolyi
Queen's Gambit Declined: Blackburne Variation 5.Bf4, by Karolyi
Queen's Gambit Declined: Anti-Tartakower Variation 8.Qc2, by Morgado
Slav Defence: Chameleon Variation 4...a6, by Lukacs/Hazai
Slav Defence: Krause Variation 6.Ne5, by Lukacs/Hazai
Slav Defence: Meran Variation 8....Bb7, by Nikitin
Nimzo-Indian Defence: Classical Variation 4...c5, by Anka
Nimzo-Indian Defence: Classical Variation 4...d5, by Van der Stricht
Nimzo-Indian Defence: Queen-Nimzo Hybrid 6.Nd2, by Scherbakov
Bogo-Indian Defence: 4.Bd2 Qe7, by Hansen
Grünfeld Indian Defence: Exchange Variation 7.Nf3, by Van der Tak
King's Indian Defence: Fianchetto Variation 3.g3, by Dautov
English Opening: Double Fianchetto Variation, by Marin

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