What's Hot- December 2002

c3 Sicilian [B22]

Feelders-Ernst is a great advert for an obscure line in the C3 Sicilian after 1 e4 c5 2 c3 d5 3 exd5 Nf6!?

and Black wins with an energetic display.

Jonkman-El Ghazali restores White's honour with arguably White's best continuation.

White adopts a continuation in Kristjansson-Bjarnason leading to a tense middlegame.

Novelty of the month

Novelty of the month is contained in the game Ancheyta-Ehlvest where White plays an unusual move and is expertly punished.