The New in Chess Yearbook staff presents you with a personal touch to opening theory.
From their own experience Tibor Karolyi, Nenad Sulava and Dorian Rogozenko are all telling you the same: White is OK!
PHILIDOR DEFENCE
Tibor Karolyi examines Nisipeanu's novelty &S 7...d5 8.Ndb5 c6!?!. He is full of praise for this daring idea, but his analysis pinpoints a highly sensitive spot. After 15.Qd2! White is very OK!
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED
Nenad Sulava takes on the adventurous 7...Bd6/8...Nf6 line, both in a game against Fressinet and in a NIC-Survey. His conclusion that '9.Ne5! is a real hammer blow to Black's position' sounds extremely OK for White!
SLAV DEFENCE
Dorian Rogozenko beat Shirov in the German Bundesliga and now wonders why so few people treat the 5...Na6 variation in the Slav Accepted the way he did. White is definitely more OK than Black!
35 NIC Surveys Yearbook 61
Sicilian Defence: Moscow Variation 3...Bd7, by Ward
Sicilian Defence: Polugaevsky Variation 10.ef6, by Karolyi
Sicilian Defence: Najdorf Variation 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3, by Vilela
Sicilian Defence: Scheveningen Variation 6.Be2, by Fogarasi
Sicilian Defence: Rossolimo Variation 3...e6 4.Bc6 bc6, by Rowson
Sicilian Defence: The Anti-Sveshnikov 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4, by Rogozenko
Sicilian Defence: Sveshnikov Variation 11.Bd3, by Rogozenko
Sicilian Defence: Another Anti-Sveshnikov 3.Nc3 e6 4.Be2, by Tiviakov
Sicilian Defence: Kan Variation 5...Ne7, by Bosch
Sicilian Defence: Alapin Variation 2...Nf6, by Adla, Glavina
Pirc Defence: Fianchetto Variation 4.g3, by Van der Weide
Pirc Defence: Byrne Variation 4.Bg5, by Hendriks
French Defence: Two Knights Variation 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3, by Skelton
French Defence: Winawer Variation 6...Qa5, by Rowson
Caro-Kann Defence: Classical Variation 4...Bf5, by Dautov
Alekhine Defence: Four Pawns Attack 9...Bg4, by Timman, Van der Tak
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Variation 6.de5, by Van der Tak
Ruy Lopez: Open Variation 9.Nbd2, by Karolyi
Philidor Defence: Antoshin Variation 5...Be7, by Karolyi
Queen's Gambit Declined: Blackburne Variation 5.Bf4, by Ilic
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation 7...Bd6, by Sulava
Slav Defence: The Slow Slav 4.e3 a6, by Morozevich, Flear
Slav Defence: The Slow Slav 4.e3 Bf5, by Kramnik, Pelletier, Van der Sterren
Slav Defence: Lasker's 5...Na6, by Rogozenko
Slav Defence: The Anti-Noteboom 4...f5 5.g4, by Van der Tak
Tarrasch Defence: Rubinstein Variation 6.g3, by Bosch
Catalan Opening: Catalan Accepted 5...Nc6 6.Qa4, by Geo. Timoshenko
The Black Knights Tango: Chebanenko's 2...Nc6, by Orlov, Bologan
King's Indian Defence: Fianchetto Variation without d7-d6, by Van der Tak
Volga Gambit: Fianchetto Variation 10.Rb1, by Fogarasi
Old Indian Defence: Main Line 8.Be3, by Shulman, Kapengut
Schmid Benoni: Pseudo-Volga Gambit 3...b5 4.Bg5, by Timman, Lukacs, Hazai
English Opening: 2...Bb4, by Karolyi
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation 6.g3 Qb6, by Pelletier
English Opening: 2...e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Qb3, by Kramnik, Fogarasi
