Nic Yearbook 111 - Paperback Edition

Forum

The 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.

Columns

The 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.

Preview

We 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.

Reviews

Glenn 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 - Finkel
Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.Be3 e5 - SI 14.8 - Gutman
Sicilian Defence - Scheveningen Variation 6.Be2 - SI 23.7 - Mchedlishvili/Janjgava
Sicilian Defence - Taimanov Variation 5...Qc7 - SI 40.2 - Gledura/Csonka
Sicilian Defence - Taimanov Variation 5...Qc7 - SI 40.2 - Tuncer
Sicilian Defence - Paulsen/Kan Variation 2...e6, 4...a6 - SI 42.15 - Fogarasi
Sicilian Defence - Early Divergences 2.a3 - SI 48.1 - Van Duijn
French Defence - Advance Variation 9.Nbd2 - FR 3.5 - Smerdon
Ruy Lopez - Anti-Marshall 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d5 - RL 17.2 - Lukacs/Hazai
King’s Pawn Openings - Four Knights Opening 4.Bb5 Bc5 - KP 10.2 - Van der Tak
King’s Gambit - Cunningham Defence 3...Be7 - KG 2.3 - Braga
Slav Defence - Krause Variation 6.Ne5 - SL 4.4 - Wolochowicz
Nimzo-Indian Defence - Rubinstein Variation 4.e3 - NI 7.1 - Lalic Nimzo-Indian Defence - Sämisch Variation 4.f3 d5 - NI 19.9 - Ikonnikov Nimzo-Indian Defence - Classical Variation 4...0-0 - NI 20.3 - Vilela Nimzo-Indian Defence - Vienna Variation 4...dc4 - NI 27.16 - Karolyi Nimzo-Indian Defence - Kmoch Variation 4.f3 - NI 30.1 - Rodi Nimzo-Indian Defence - Kmoch Variation 4.f3 - NI 30.2 - Peralta Queen’s Indian Defence - Bogo-Indian 4.Nbd2 Line - QI 1.11 - Antic Queen’s Indian Defence - Classical Variation 4...Bb7 - QI 6.1 - A. Kuzmin Grünfeld Indian Defence - Exchange Variation 7.Qa4 - GI 4.1 - Prasanna King’s Indian Defence - Fianchetto Variation 3.g3 - KI 65.1 - Adorjan King’s Indian Defence - Anti-Grünfeld 3.f3 - KI 81.2 - Okhotnik/Appleberry Benoni Defence - Modern Main Line 7.Bf4 - BI 12.7 - Mchedlishvili/Janjgava Dutch Defence - Leningrad Variation 7...c6 - HD 6.3 - Van de Oudeweetering English Opening - Symmetrical Variation 7.d4 - EO 26.2 - Panczyk/Ilczuk Réti Opening - 1...d5 2.c4 e6 Line - RE 8.12 - Olthof