Contents Anniversary extras:

• Garry Kasparov: the final word on the Zaitsev Variation of the Ruy Lopez

• Vasily Ivanchuk on the Sämisch Variation of the King's Indian

• Women's World Champion Hou Yifan on the Burn Variation in the French

• IPCA World Champion Andrey Obodchuk: a new concept in the Accelerated Dragon

• Senior World Champion Anatoly Vaisser: the Rubinstein Variation of the Nimzo-Indian

• Yearbook reviewer Glenn Flear: the 20 best chess opening books

• the Anniversary Quiz with sizzling prizes

• a special Survey by René Olthof on the deepest opening novelties ever

• John van der Wiel on the love of his life: the Scotch

• Nikolay Ninov: a highly original & broadly applicable novelty in the Sicilian Kan

• intriguing lists of Yearbook highlights • amazing discoveries by Aronian, Sulskis, Rodshtein and others

• and more ...

Surveys

Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.Bg5 - SI 9.3 - Le Ruyet/Sochacki

Sicilian Defence - Grivas Variation 4...Qb6 - SI 32.1 - Tuncer

Sicilian Defence - Accelerated Dragon 5...g6 - SI 33.2 - Obodchuk

Sicilian Defence - Taimanov Variation 5...Qc7 - SI 40.2 - Mekhitarian

Sicilian Defence - Paulsen Variation 5.c4 - SI 41.15 - Ninov

Sicilian Defence - Alapin Variation 2...d5 - SI 46.4 - Palliser

French Defence - Steinitz Variation 4.e5 - FR 4.4 - Finkel

French Defence - Burn Variation 5...Nbd7 - FR 5.1 - Hou Yifan

Caro-Kann Defence - Early Divergences 3.Qe2 - CK 1.5 - Bosch

Caro-Kann Defence - Advance Variation 4.h4 - CK 4.15 - Lukacs/Hazai

Caro-Kann Defence - Early Divergences 4...h6 - CK 5.2 - Karolyi

Caro-Kann Defence - Classical Variation 4...Bf5 - CK 12.3 - S. Kasparov

Ruy Lopez - Chigorin Variation 11...Nd7 - RL 23.11 - Panczyk/Ilczuk

Italian Game - Evans Gambit 5...Be7 - IG 5.10 - Anka

Scotch Opening - Classical and Mieses Variations - SO 4-5 - Van der Wiel

Queen’s Gambit Declined - Blackburne Variation 6...Nbd7 - QO 1.5 - A. Kuzmin

Slav Defence - Chebanenko Variation 5.a4 - SL 3.1 - Lemos Sarro

Slav Defence - Krause Variation 6.Ne5 - SL 4.5 - Karolyi

Slav Defence - Botvinnik Variation 6.a4 - SL 6.5 - Ikonnikov

Slav Defence - Moscow Variation 6.Bh4 - SL 6.6 - Gupta

Slav Defence - Botvinnik Variation 11...Rg8 - SL 7.5 - Van der Tak

Slav Defence - Chebanenko Variation 5.Qc2 - SL 11.12 - Vilela

Nimzo-Indian Defence - Rubinstein Variation 4...b6 - NI 13.5 - Vaisser

Nimzo-Indian Defence - Classical Variation 4...0-0 - NI 20.4 - Lukacs/Hazai

Grünfeld Indian Defence - Exchange Variation 7.Be3 - GI 4.1 - Adorjan/Vegh

King's Indian Defence - Gligoric Variation 7.Be3 - KI 18.9 - A. Kuzmin

King’s Indian Defence - Early Divergences 6.h3 - KI 20.5 - Inarkiev

King’s Indian Defence - Sämisch Variation 6...c5 - KI 48.8 - Ivanchuk/Sulypa

King’s Indian Defence - Anti-Grünfeld 3.f3 - KI 81.2 - Fogarasi

Benoni Defence - Benko Gambit 4.Qc2 - BI 18.5 - De Dovitiis

Benoni Defence - Benko Gambit 5.Nc3 - BI 22.1-8 - S. Kasparov

Dutch Defence - Leningrad Variation 7...Qe8 - HD 6.10 - Vegh

English Opening - Symmetrical Variation 3...e5 - EO 28.10 - Boersma

English Opening - Symmetrical Variation 3.g3 - EO 45.8 - De Dovitiis

Réti Opening - Slav Gambit 2...c6 3.g3 - RE 7.6 - Palliser