NIC Forum
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 together for the truth.

Sosonko's Corner
Every chess primer will tell you that in chess bishop and knight are of approximately equal value. Yet not everybody is willing to part with their bishops voluntarily. Genna Sosonko presents some examples that prove conceding your fianchettoed bishop can nevertheless pay off. Play without prejudice!

Book Review
More prejudice in Glenn Flear's review of the new monograph on the Classical Variation of the Dutch Defence. Simon Williams tries to dismiss the thesis that the Dutch Defence 'must be good for White', and Flear concurs.
All 320 pages of Janjgava's new book on the Fianchetto Lines against Grünfeld and King's Indian are so packed with information that it is difficult to extract the information you want to obtain. A high-quality reference work but not exactly recommended as nighttime reading.

36 NIC Surveys Yearbook 67
Sicilian: Najdorf Variation 6.Be2, by Greenfeld
Sicilian: Najdorf Variation 6.Bc4, by Bosch
Sicilian: Dragon Variation 9.0-0-0, by Olthof
Sicilian: Rauzer Variation (1), by Avrukh
Sicilian: Rauzer Variation (2), by Van der Wiel
Sicilian: Rossolimo Variation, by Greenfeld
Sicilian: Sveshnikov Variation 10...f5, by Van der Tak
Sicilian: Morra Gambit with Nge7, by Stohl
French: Advance Variation 6.a3, by Van der Sterren
French: Burn Variation, by Van der Tak
French: Chatard-Alekhine Attack, by Pliester
Caro-Kann: Advance Variation, by Sosonko
Caro-Kann: Classical Variation, by Greenfeld
Scandinavian: Marshall Variation 2...Nf6, by Gavrilov
Petroff: Steinitz Variation 3.d4, by Glek
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, by Boersma
Ruy Lopez: Arkhangelsk Variation, by Van der Tak
Ruy Lopez: Chigorin Variation, by Lukacs/Hazai
Two Knights: Traxler Gambit, by De Zeeuw
Two Knights: The Main Line against 5...Ng4, by Panczyk/Ilczuk
King’s Gambit: Classical Variation 3...g5, by Jensen
Slav: Meran Variation: Shabalov’s 7.g4 (1), by Karolyi
Slav: Meran Variation: Shabalov’s 7.g4 (2), by Karolyi
Queen’s Indian: Petrosian Variation 7.Qc2, by Sosonko
Queen’s Indian: Nimzowitsch Variation 4.g3, by Gavrilov
Grünfeld Indian: Exchange Variation 5.Bd2, by Bosch
Grünfeld Indian: Brinckman’s 5.Bf4 0-0 6.Rc1, by Van der Tak
King’s Indian: Sämisch Variation, by Kapengut
Benoni: Modern Main Line with Bd3 and Nge2, by Cebalo
Volga Gambit: Fianchetto Variation, by Van der Weide
Old Indian: Schmid Benoni (1), by Karolyi
Old Indian: Schmid Benoni (2), by Karolyi
Queen’s Pawn: Barry Attack, by Fogarasi
English: Symmetrical 5.a3 e6, by Matamoros
English: Symmetrical 5.a3 a6, by Tay
English: Symmetrical 3...d5, by Langeweg