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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. With contributions by José Vilela, Bogdan Lalic, and many others.

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Sosonko's Corner
In several of his previous columns editor-in-chief Genna Sosonko has turned his attention to the move g2-g4, which gets ever more popular in many different opening systems. Now he wants to do the same 'One Final Time'. Meet the faces of Hein Donner, Alexey Shirov and David Bronstein, all members of the illustrious g2-g4 club.

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Book Review
Reviewing The Jackal Attack, a private publication by Adrian Skelton, Glenn Flear lets his mind roam over the tendency to name off-beat openings after animals. His conclusion about the book: fun variations but skimpy contents.
The difference with the other two books under review could not be much bigger. The Two Knights Defence by Jan Pinski and The Catalan by Alex Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik are both serious monographs, be it on totally different openings. The former highly tactical, the latter more with a strategic flavor.

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35 NIC Surveys
Sicilian Defence: Dragon Variation 9.Bc4, by Golubev/Aagaard
Sicilian Defence: Dragon Variation 9.Bc4, by Anka
Sicilian Defence: Accelerated Dragon 5.c4, by Tiviakov
Sicilian Defence: Hyper-Accelerated Dragon 2...g6, by Van der Tak
Sicilian Defence: Nimzowitsch Variation 2...Nf6, by Van der Weide
Pirc Defence: Austrian Attack 4.f4, by Tzermiadianos
French Defence: Advance Variation 3.e5, by Matamoros
French Defence: MacCutcheon Variation 4...Bb4, by Glek
French Defence: Tarrasch Variation 4...Ne4, by Karolyi
Caro-Kann Defence: Classical Variation 4...Bf5, by Da Costa Junior
Caro-Kann Defence: Classical Variation 4...Bf5, by Dautov
Alekhine Defence: Modern Variation 4...g6, by Panczyk/Ilczuk
Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation 4.Bc6, by Glek
Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Variation 8.h3, by Lukacs/Hazai
Two Knights Defence: Max Lange Attack 9...g6, by Van der Tak
King's Gambit: Classical Variation 3...g5 , by Jensen
Various Openings: Benoni Hybrid Ne7, by Vilela
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Variation 7...b6, by Langeweg
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation 3...Be7, by Boersma
Slav Defence: Chameleon Variation 5.c5, by Lukacs/Hazai
Slav Defence: Marshall Gambit 4.e4, by Van der Tak
Tarrasch Defence: Rubinstein Variation 6.g3, by Wiersma
Catalan Opening: Bogo-Indian Variation 4...Bb4, by Greenfeld
Nimzo-Indian Defence: Classical Variation 4.Qc2, by Lukacs/Hazai
Nimzo-Indian Defence: Vienna Variation 6.Qa4, by Rogozenko
Grünfeld Indian Defence: Exchange Variation 7.Bc4, by Panczyk/Ilczuk
Grünfeld Indian Defence: Exchange Variation 6.Qb3, by Pelletier/Bauer
King's Indian Defence: Classical Variation 7...Qe8, by Greenfeld
King's Indian Defence: Classical Variation 6...Nc6, by Gavrilov
Volga Gambit: Declined 4.Nf3, by Fogarasi
Dutch Defence: Leningrad Variation 7...Qe8, by Van der Stricht
Dutch Defence: Bogoljobow's 2.Bg5, by Pliester
English Opening: Reversed Dragon Nb1-d2, by Stohl
English Opening: Symmetrical Variation 5.a3, by Dautov
Réti Opening: Double Fianchetto, by Fogarasi

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