OPEN FILE

null 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.

After losing a game I play the next one better. After losing the 2nd game I play like a lion. After 3 defeats in a row, anyone can beat me! Eduard Gufeld
I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone’s hand off if he puts it in my mouth Wilhelm Steinitz
In order to become a grandmaster class player whose understanding of chess is superior to the thousands of ordinary players, you have to develop within yourself a large number of qualities, the qualities of an artistic creator, a calculating practitioner, a cold calm competitor. Alexander Kotov
Unfortunately this gentlemanlike behaviour among chessplayers is out of fashion. It’s my principle that you should respect your opponent as much as you respect yourself. Lajos Portisch
1990
Thank the stars that I have been banned by FIDE so it is very clear I have nothing to do with this mess… Garry Kasparov
2015

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