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Contributing authors

Aagaard • Acs • Adams • Agrest • I.Almasi • Anand • Anka • Baburin • Boersma • Bologan

Bosch • Bruzon • Carlsen • Cebalo • Chetverik • Christiansen • DaCosta Junior • Dautov

Dominguez • Flear • Fogarasi • Fressinet • Gallagher • Gavrilov • Gelfand • Glck

Golubev • Greenfeld • Hazai •lvanchuk • S.lvanov • Karolyi • Kosashvili • Kramnik

Leko • Ligterink • Lukacs • Marin • McShane • Ni j boer • Nikitin • Orlov • Plicster

Polgar • Raetsky • Ramirez • Rogozenko • Rowson • Rytshagov • I.Sokolov • S oson k o

Shabalov • Tay • Tiviakov • Tzermiadianos • Vaganian • Van der Sterrcn

Van der Tak • Van der Weide • Van der Wicl • J.Watson • Zviagintsev

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Opening Highligh ts� -- - -

Judit Polgar

The games of Judit Polgar are among the most attractive

in modern chess. Against any opposition she succeeds

in creating tactical complications. See on pages 130-1

how she executes the classic double bishop sacrifice on

h7 and g7 against none other than Anatoly Karpov!

Hungarian trainer Tibor Karolyi reports on the theoretical

implications of this spectacle (RG 6.12).

Luke McShane

The Antoshin Variation (KP 4.4) has revived interest in

the Philidor. Giving up the centre voluntarily and

developing the king's bishop to e7, appears to be

passive but this is an optical illusion. In reality, Black

prepares the central push d6-d5. Tibor Fogarasi

explains on page 148 how Luke McShane gained a

useful edge by turning down crazy complications.

Laurent Fressinet

French rising star Laurent Fressinet was proud that 'not

even the computer could find a refutation' of the

sacrifice that knocked out Sergey Tiviakov in Wijk aan

Zee (IG 1.3, page 143). Despite the outcome of the

game the Russian Dutchman was not at all impressed.

He maintains his position that White can retain a small

plus in this opening line.

Alexander Nikitin

After working together with Etienne Bacrot for several

years Alexander Nikitin is back among the ranks of

Yearbook contributors. He marks his return with an

authorative survey of a highly topical line of the

Sicilian Sveshnikov (SI 38.8, page 54), featuring

two games against Peter Leko annotated by

Vladimir Kramnik - one as Black, one as White.

Lazaro Bruzon

In 2000 Lazaro Bruzon sensationally won the World

Junior Championship. Since then the Cuban has raised

his rating over 2600. In January 2004, he qualified for

the 'real thing' by winning the Grandmaster B Group of

the Corus Chess Tournament. Among his wins was a

crushing victoy over Friso Nijboer {OP 7.14}, who

explains what went wrong, on page 212.

Mikhail Rytshagov

His name may not sound familiar to many Yearbook

subscribers but Mikhail Rytshagov has represented

Estonia at four Olympiads and several other team

championships. Still, he is best known as one of

Shirov's loyal seconds. His contribution on a topical line

of the Grunfeld Indian {GI 3.13, page 195} confirms

his status as a fine theoretician.

Magnus Carlsen

Achieving three IGM norms at the tender age of 13

proved a piece of cake for Norwegian super talent

Magnus Carlsen. He began his expedition last January

with a fabulous victory in the Grandmaster C Group in

Wijk aan Zee, where Magnificent Magnus stole the

heats of the Dutch audience. Sipke Ernst, his main

competitor for first prize, fell victim to a string of

sacrifices {CK 12.5, page 120}.

Alexander Raetsky

There is no better excuse for dealing with the Albin

Counter-Gambit than two recent games by Alexander

Morozevich, who played the rare side-line

5 .. :lge7 {VO 15. 7, page 155} against top class

opposition. Together with his friend Maxim Chetverik,

Alexander Raetsky wrote a monograph about this

opening line, so he's the right man to repot on this

stunning new development.

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