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.

The competition in the men’s tournament has grown massively over the past 20 years. Chess is becoming more and more popular, and there are no weak teams in the tournament any longer. Andrey Filatov
A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused. Rudolf Spielmann
I enjoy it when I see my opponent really suffering when he knows that I’ve outsmarted him Magnus Carlsen
2012
I think I would beat Tal pretty easily. Fischer would be more difficult, but I think I could beat him too. Magnus Carlsen
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

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