Forum
The Forum Section has interesting contributions by well-known players like Jan Werle, Jose Vilela, Luis Rodi and many more. Also, the winner of the Novelty of the Year 2013 contest is made known.

Columns
In Kuzmin’s Harvest, Alexey Kuzmin explores the battlefields of Tata Steel 2014. Joel Benjamin looks at the special repertoires of top players in rapid tournaments in Benjamin’s Opening Takes.

Preview
We offer a preview of the book A Cutting-Edge Gambit against the Queen’s Indian by Imre Hera and Ufuk Tuncer. It contains some deep and sparkling analysis of this topical weapon for White.

Reviews
Glenn Flear reviews Playing the French (Aagaard/Ntirlis), The French Defence 1 by Emmanuel Berg, Sam Collins’ The Tarrasch Defence move by move, Viktor Moskalenko’s The Diamond Dutch, and Alexei Bezgodov’s The Extreme Caro-Kann.

Surveys
Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.Be3 - SI 14.8 - Illingworth
Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.Be3 - SI 14.8 - Rodi
Sicilian Defence - Dragon Variation 6.g3 - SI 15.3 - Szajbely
Sicilian Defence - Dragon Variation 6.Be3 - SI 17.1 - Fogarasi
Sicilian Defence - Four Knights Variation 5...e6 - SI 34.6 - Adorjan
Sicilian Defence - Alapin Variation 5...Bf5 - SI 46.4 - A. Kuzmin
French Defence - Tarrasch Variation 3...Nf6 - FR 16.4-8 - Adhiban
Caro-Kann Defence - Advance Variation 4.h4 - CK 4.14 - Karolyi
Caro-Kann Defence - Advance Variation 4.h4 - CK 4.15 - S. Kasparov
Caro-Kann Defence - Classical Variation 6.h4 - CK 11.5 - Panczyk/Ilczuk
Alekhine Defence - The Bishop Attack 4.Bc4 - AL 6.9 - Raetsky/Chetverik
Vienna Game - Classical Main Line 5.Nf3 - VG 3.10 - Finkel
King’s Gambit - Nimzowitsch Variation 2...d5 3.ed5 c6 - KG 4.2 - Alonso
Various Openings - Nimzowitsch Defence 2...d6 - VO 5.9 - De Dovitiis
Various Openings - Keres Defence 2...Bb4 - VO 22.9 - Marin/Stoica
Slav Defence - Marshall Gambit 9.Bf8 - SL 6.1 - Olthof
Nimzo-Indian Defence - Rubinstein Variation 4.e3 - NI 16.1 - Lalic
Nimzo-Indian Defence - Sämisch Variation 4.f3 d5 - NI 19.9 - Ikonnikov
Nimzo-Indian Defence - Classical Variation 4...0-0 - NI 21.6 - Van der Wiel
Nimzo-Indian Defence - Vienna Variation 6...h6 - NI 27.13 - Ninov
Queen’s Indian Defence - Bogo-Indian 4.Nbd2 Line - QI 1.11 - Antic
Grünfeld Indian Defence - Fianchetto Variation 3.g3 - GI 1.10 - Zakhartsov
Grünfeld Indian Defence - Fianchetto Variation 3.g3 - GI 2.4 - Lemos Sarro
King’s Indian Defence - Gligoric Variation 7.Be3 - KI 18.3 - Lukacs/Hazai
Dutch Defence - Leningrad Variation 4.Nh3 - HD 9.14 - Bosch
Réti Opening - Double Fianchetto 3.b3 - RE 20.12 - Tuncer