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 Alexey Kuzmin, Viacheslav Zakhartsov, Nenad Sulava, and many others.

Sosonko’s Corner
Sosonko’s Corner features some striking examples of players who violate all the opening rules this time. Sosonko looks at the famous decisive European Championship game Nepomniachtchi-Jobava in detail, and gives examples from other notorious rule violators like Morozevich and Zviagintsev.

Book Reviews
Glenn Flear reviews a quite varied collection of books this time: from comprehensive works like Volume 2 of Boris Avrukh’s ‘Grandmaster Repertoire: 1.d4’ and the English edition of Paul van der Sterren’s ‘Fundamental Chess Openings’ to the highly specialized ‘The Moscow & Anti-Moscow Variations’ by expert GM Alexey Dreev, to labours of love like Vladimir Barsky’s ‘The Scotch Game for White’ and ‘Play the Ponziani’ by correspondence players Dave Taylor & Keith Hayward. And if you want to learn a cutting-edge grandmaster repertoire, ‘Wojo’s Weapons’ by Jonathan Hilton and Dean Ippolito might be a good try.

Surveys
Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 7...Qb6 8.Qd3 - SI 8.1 - Karolyi
Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.Be3 e5 - SI 14.8 - Laine
Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.Be3 e6 - SI 19.16 - Ninov
Sicilian Defence - Hyper-Accelerated Dragon 2...g6 - SI 43.1 - Matamoros/Mogranzini
French Defence - Steinitz Variation 7...Be7 - FR 4.4 - Anka
Caro-Kann Defence - Exchange Variation 4.Bd3 - CK 2.16 - De Dovitiis
Caro-Kann Defence - Advance Variation 4.Nd2 - CK 4.2 - Mchedlishvili
Alekhine’s Defence - Modern Variation 4...g6 - AL 11.12 - Van der Tak
Petroff Defence - Steinitz Variation 3.d4 - RG 2.1 - Finkel
Petroff Defence - Jaenisch Variation 6...Be7 - RG 6.12 - Lukacs/Hazai
Ruy Lopez - Berlin Variation 6.de5 - RL 7.4 - Matamoros Franco
Ruy Lopez - New Arkhangelsk Variation 6...Bc5 - RL 12.6 - Lukacs/Hazai
Ruy Lopez - Open Variation 9.Nbd2 - RL 29.4+10 - Van der Tak
Italian Game - Two Knights Defence 4.d3 - IG 1.4 - Boersma
Italian Game - Giuoco Piano 5.d4 - IG 2.5 - Kaufman
King’s Gambit - Fischer Variation 3...d6 - KG 2.1 - Jensen
Slav Defence - Slow Slav 4.e3 - SL 1.7 - Ikonnikov
Slav Defence - Chebanenko Variation 4...a6 - SL 3.1 - Olthof
Slav Defence - 5.g3 Line - SL 6.2 - Sokolov
Catalan Opening - Accepted 5...Bb4 - CA 3.1 - Vladimirov
Nimzo-Indian Defence - Ragozin Variation 6...h6 - NI 27.2 - Mchedlishvili
Nimzo-Indian Defence - Vienna Variation 7.e5 - NI 27.14 - Scherbakov
Queen’s Indian Defence - Bogo-Indian 4.Bd2 c5 - QI 1.5 - Antic
Grünfeld Indian Defence - Exchange Variation 5.Bd2 - GI 3.3/7.3 - Gupta
King's Indian Defence - Fianchetto Variation 6...Nbd7 - KI 64.4 - Vilela
Benoni Defence - Fianchetto Variation 7.g3 - BI 9.3-9.16 - De Dovitiis
Benoni Defence - Modern Main Line 7.Bf4 - BI 12.11 - A. Kuzmin
Dutch Defence - Leningrad Variation 7...Qe8 - HD 6.14 - Panczyk/Ilczuk
Dutch Defence - 2.Bg5 Line - HD 12.12 - Moskalenko
English Opening - Symmetrical Variation 4...b6 - EO 46.2 - S. Kasparov
English Opening - Anti-Anti-Grünfeld 1...g6 2.e4 e5 3.d4 - EO 62.4 - Stohl
English Opening - Early Divergences 5.d3 d6 6.Bg5 - EO 64.10 - Marin

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