Simple Chess by Michael Stean

Simple Chess by Michael Stean

Author:Michael Stean
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2013-02-14T16:00:00+00:00


The triumphant entrance! We now see the immense power of a Rook on the seventh row.

22. … Rf7

23. Kxg2 Rc5

He cannot avoid losing a Pawn. His position after 23…Ra8 24. Rc7 and Rdd7 would be laughable.

24. Rxa7 b5

An amusing alternative is 24…Re5 25. Qxb6 Rxe2 26. Rd8! checkmating the Queen.

25. e3

At this point Black acknowledged the hopelessness of his cause by resigning, hardly a premature decision as he has a Pawn less and no constructive moves at all. A possible continuation would be 25…Re5 26. Qb6 (threatening Rd8) Rf8 27. Rdd7 and Qc7.

To summarize, the use of open files can be broken down into three parts:

(i) Take control of the file.

(ii) Find a point of entry (this is the important part; without an entry point a file has no value).

(iii) Penetrate via the entry point.

Obviously no steadfast rules can be laid down about what to do after stage (iii). You just have to play it by ear. In the majority of cases, however, the right plan is readily apparent. To round off our discussion of open files, we look at an endgame from Karpov-Uhlmann, Madrid 1973, which exhibits a very common product of open file play, doubled Rooks on the seventh rank.

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