Uhlmann/Schmidt: Open Files (Progress in Chess) CT questions that a chess improver

questions that a chess improver would have in mind when studying such endings

the favorite reply of Grünfeld players

step by step

including contests from Minsk 1979 and other tournaments

the American was trained by Garry Kasparov for almost a year

Uhlmann/Schmidt: Open Files (Progress in Chess) CT questions that a chess improverThe strategy and tactics associated with the open file are explained here clearly and comprehensivelyhow files are opened, blocked, occupied, and exploited as roads along which to invade the enemy position. A brief introduction lays the theoretical foundations and is followed by illustrative games, in all of which the open file is the dominant or deciding factor. In each game there is a pause at a key position where a clear verbal assessment is given;