A file on which there is no pawn to obstruct a rook which therefore can control the whole file. The white rook is controlling the open E-file.
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Quotes of the Day
Parapsychology? That’s a bunch of bananas. Korchnoi believes in that. He is still playing his game with the ghost of Geza Maroczy.
Nathan Divinsky 2004
Looks like I’m going to raise the average age of the field and lower the average rating!
Garry Kasparov 2017
We will note the openings used by the participants of a nine-round match. The age of openings is considerably higher than the age of both rivals. Some opening positions could be analyzed by Steinitz when he was preparing to his match with Zukertort.
Mikhail Tal 1966 (Petrosian-Spassky match)
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively.
Mark Dvoretsky
My style is based on giving energy and creating. Karpov’s style is something that is probably taking energy from his opponent. NIC 1989
Garry Kasparov 1989 NIC