ForumThe Forum Section has interesting contributions by well-known players like Bogdan Lalic and Daniel Fridman, who examines his experience in the Queen's Indian 6.d5 exd5 7.0-0 gambit line. Peter Boel made a tribute to Jobava's fun factor in the recent Russian Team Championships.ColumnsThe Opening Takes have been taken over for one issue by Anish Giri, who explains why and how top players switched between 1.e4 and 1.d4 in the Candidates Tournament. In Kuzmin’s Harvest, Alexey Kuzmin has collected the 10 best opening novelties from the same event. PreviewWe offer a preview of the book The Modern Bogo by Dejan Antic and Branimir Maksimovic. This book, together with their earlier tome The Modern French, forms a watertight repertoire for black players.ReviewsGlenn Flear reviews Sabotage the Grünfeld (Kaufman), The Modern Anti-Sicilian by Sergey Soloviov, Boris Avrukh’s The Classical Slav (no. 17 in the Grandmaster Repertoire series), and Lorin D’Costa’s The Panov-Botvinnik Attack move by move.Surveys
Sicilian Defence - Moscow Variation 3.Bb5 - SI 1.10 - FinkelSicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.Be3 e5 - SI 14.8 - GutmanSicilian Defence - Scheveningen Variation 6.Be2 - SI 23.7 - Mchedlishvili/JanjgavaSicilian Defence - Taimanov Variation 5...Qc7 - SI 40.2 - Gledura/CsonkaSicilian Defence - Taimanov Variation 5...Qc7 - SI 40.2 - TuncerSicilian Defence - Paulsen/Kan Variation 2...e6, 4...a6 - SI 42.15 - FogarasiSicilian Defence - Early Divergences 2.a3 - SI 48.1 - Van DuijnFrench Defence - Advance Variation 9.Nbd2 - FR 3.5 - SmerdonRuy Lopez - Anti-Marshall 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d5 - RL 17.2 - Lukacs/HazaiKing’s Pawn Openings - Four Knights Opening 4.Bb5 Bc5 - KP 10.2 - Van der TakKing’s Gambit - Cunningham Defence 3...Be7 - KG 2.3 - BragaSlav Defence - Krause Variation 6.Ne5 - SL 4.4 - WolochowiczNimzo-Indian Defence - Rubinstein Variation 4.e3 - NI 7.1 - LalicNimzo-Indian Defence - Sämisch Variation 4.f3 d5 - NI 19.9 - IkonnikovNimzo-Indian Defence - Classical Variation 4...0-0 - NI 20.3 - VilelaNimzo-Indian Defence - Vienna Variation 4...dc4 - NI 27.16 - KarolyiNimzo-Indian Defence - Kmoch Variation 4.f3 - NI 30.1 - RodiNimzo-Indian Defence - Kmoch Variation 4.f3 - NI 30.2 - PeraltaQueen’s Indian Defence - Bogo-Indian 4.Nbd2 Line - QI 1.11 - AnticQueen’s Indian Defence - Classical Variation 4...Bb7 - QI 6.1 - A. KuzminGrünfeld Indian Defence - Exchange Variation 7.Qa4 - GI 4.1 - PrasannaKing’s Indian Defence - Fianchetto Variation 3.g3 - KI 65.1 - AdorjanKing’s Indian Defence - Anti-Grünfeld 3.f3 - KI 81.2 - Okhotnik/AppleberryBenoni Defence - Modern Main Line 7.Bf4 - BI 12.7 - Mchedlishvili/JanjgavaDutch Defence - Leningrad Variation 7...c6 - HD 6.3 - Van de OudeweeteringEnglish Opening - Symmetrical Variation 7.d4 - EO 26.2 - Panczyk/IlczukRéti Opening - 1...d5 2.c4 e6 Line - RE 8.12 - Olthof