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Jussupow,Artur 2660 1
Kramnik,Vladimir 2715
e4 verus c6 "d" file open 1995 XABCDEFGHY
THE OPEN CENTER is determined by the 8-+ntr-+k+({
positions where one or two central files are
open and the piece play is very important. The
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struggle takes place around central files and
squares. Both players must play accurate and
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they should avoid any kind of weaknesses. 5zP-+-+N+-%
THE ACTIVE SIDE must take the lead in 4-+-+P+-zP$
development and then by skillful piece
maneuvers to create weaknesses into the
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enemy camp. Once the weaknesses (pawns,
weak squares, unprotected pieces, king
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vulnerability) are created, a piece pressure must 1+-+-tR-mK-!
follow in order to tie down the opponent's forces
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good chances to succeed.
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THE DEFENDING SIDE must protect the weak 0-1
points to reject the enemy pieces from the
attacked wing and if possible to eliminate the
weaknesses. Also, the defending side can D18
decrease the pressure by exchanging pieces. Kasparov,Garry 2805
Anand,Viswanathan 2710
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 e4 versus c5 "d" file open 1993
5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 Bd3 7.Bxd3 cxd3 8.Qxd3 e6
9.0-0 Be7 10.e4 0-0 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Rad1 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4
h6 13.Bc1 Re8 14.Qe2 Qa5 15.Nd2 Qh5 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Nh4
16.f3 e5 17.Nb3 exd4 18.Nxd4 Bc5 Bg6 10.h3 0-0 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qc2 Rc8
The "d" file is open so the critical squares are 13.Rd1 Qb6 14.e4
along it: Now a "dynamic center" is present on the board,
-d2, d3, d4 can be vulnerable for White but after c6-c5 and the open of the "d" file an
-d6 and d7 for Black "open center" will appear.
The presence of the white f3-pawn is a serious
drawback, weakening a7-g1 diagonal and the f4 c5 15.d5 Ne5 16.Be2 exd5 17.Nxd5
square (which can be an ideal outpost for a Diagram
black knight attacking g2).
On the other hand, White should try to use the (Diagram)
c5- and f5- squares as foreposts for the knights.
Nxd5 18.Rxd5 Nc6 19.Bc4 Nd4 20.Qd3
19.Be3 Nf8 20.Rfe1 Rad8 21.Qf2 N6d7 Rcd8 21.Be3 Rxd5 22.Bxd5 Rd8 23.Qc4
22.Nf5 Bxe3 23.Qxe3 Nb6 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 Rd7 24.Rc1 Qf6 25.Rd1 Ne6 26.Qb3 a5
25.a5 Nc8 26.Qc5 Qg5 27.h4 Qf4 28.Qb4 27.Rd3 Nf4 28.e5 Qf5 29.Bxf4 Qxf4 30.e6
Qc7 29.Ne2 Ne6 30.Qc3 Diagram Rd8 31.e7 Re8 32.Rf3 Qc1+ 33.Kh2 Rxe7
Nd6 31.Neg3 Nxf5 32.Nxf5 Qf4 33.Qb4 g6 34.Bxf7+ Kh7 35.Bxg6+ Kh6 36.Qd5 Qg5
34.Ne3 Qg3 35.Rf1 Nf4 36.Qe7 Ne6 37.Bf5 g6 38.h4 Qf6 39.Bd3 Qe5+ 40.Qxe5
37.Qxb7 Rd3 38.Qxa7 Nf4 39.Qb8+ Kh7 Rxe5 41.Rf6 c4 42.Bxc4 Be7 43.Rb6 Bc5
44.Rf6 Re4 45.Bd3 Rg4 46.Kh3 Be7 47.Re6
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Rxh4+ 48.Kg3 Rd4 49.Rxg6+ Kh5 50.Bf5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Ng6 21.Rad1 Nh4 22.Nd4
Bd6+ 51.Kf3 Bc5 52.g4+ Kh4 53.Rh6+ Kg5 Qd7 23.Bb1 g6 24.Qe4 Bf6 25.Qf4 Qxd5
54.Rg6+ Kh4 55.Be4 Rd6 56.Rg7 Rf6+ 26.f3 Qe5 27.Be4 Nf5 28.Qxe5 Rxe5 29.Bf2
57.Bf5 Rb6 58.Rh7+ Kg5 59.Rh5+ Kf6 Rxe4 30.fxe4 Nxd4 31.Bxd4 Bg5 32.Re2
60.Bd3 Bd4 61.g5+ Kg7 62.Rh7+ Kf8 Be6 33.Bc5 h5 34.Rd6 Bf4 35.Rd1 Kh7
63.Bc4 Rxb2 64.Rf7+ Ke8 65.g6 36.Kf2 Rc8 37.Bb4 g5 38.Kf3 Bc7 39.g4
1-0 Kg6 40.Bc3 Bf4 41.Ree1 Bc7 42.Rg1 Rg8
43.Rg2 hxg4+ 44.hxg4 a5 45.Ke2 Rb8
46.Kf3 b4 47.axb4 axb4 48.Bd4 Bf4 49.Be3
D46 Be5 50.Bd4 Bxd4 51.Rxd4 b3 52.Rdd2 Kf6
Kamsky,Gata 2595 53.Ke3 Ke5 54.Rgf2 Rb5 55.Rf1 Rc5
Anand,Viswanathan 2650 56.Rc1 Rc8 57.Ra1 c3 58.Ra5+ Kf6
e4 versus c6 "d" file open 1991 59.Rf2+ Kg6 60.bxc3 Rxc3+ 61.Kd4 Rc4+
62.Ke3 Rb4 63.Rb2 Bxg4 64.Rd5 Be6
65.Rc5 Rb8 66.Ra5 Rh8 67.Rg2 Rh3+
Specific features of the game: 68.Kd4 g4 69.Rb5 Rf3 70.Rb8 Kg7 71.Rb5
-both players tried to create a forepost along the Kf6 72.Rb8 Ke7 73.Rb7+ Kd6 74.Rb6+ Ke7
"d" file (d5 for White, d3 for Black) 75.Rb5 Rf1 76.Rg5 Kd6 77.Rb5 Rc1
-as in the previous game, Black managed to 78.Rb6+ Kc7 79.Rb5 Kc6 80.Rg5 Kb6
create some weak squares on the king side, 81.Rh2 Rc8 82.Kd3 Ra8 83.Kc3 Rc8+
due to passive position of Qc2 84.Kd3 Rc1 85.Kd4 Rc4+ 86.Kd3 Rb4
-the long and complex endgame was balanced, 87.Rb2 Kc6 88.Re5 Rb8 89.Rg5 Kd6
but eventually the decisive move came along 90.Ke3 Rc8 91.Rd2+ Ke7 92.Rb5 Kf6
the critical "d" file. 93.Rf2+ Kg6 94.Kf4 Rc3 95.Rb6 Kf6
96.Rb5 Ke7 97.Rd2 Rf3+ 98.Ke5 g3
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 99.Rb7+ Kf8 100.Rd8+ Kg7 101.Rbb8
Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 dxc4 1-0
9.Bxc4 a6 10.e4 e5 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.h3
exd4 13.Nxd4 Re8 14.a3 Be5 15.Be3 Nf8
16.Rd2 b5 17.Ba2 c5 18.Nde2 c4 19.Nd5
Diagram
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E46 B17
Petursson,Margeir 2570 Anand,Viswanathan 2710
Olafsson,Helgi 2500 Karpov,Anatoly 2725
e4 versus c5 "d" file open 1996 c4 versus e6 "d" file open rapid 1993

Specific features of the game: Specific features:

-when one of the sides has a king side majority, -Black who had the king side pawn majority
the emergence of the "e" pawn is consistent and managed to create threats and weaknesses in
during this game helped White to take control White's camp
over the free file. -again the side with king side pawn majority and
-as you can see the main battle will take place who managed to conquer first a square on the
around the "d" file "d" file succeeded

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7
5.Nge2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 c6 8.Bd3 Nbd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bb3 h6
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.e4 Nxf4 11.Bxf4 e5 9.N5f3 c5 10.Bf4 Nbd5 11.Be5 Qa5+
12.dxe5 Qc7 13.Bg3 Nxe5 14.Be2 Bc5 12.Nd2 cxd4 13.Ngf3 Be7 14.Nxd4 0-0
15.0-0 Qe7 16.Na4 Rd8 17.Qc2 Bd4 15.0-0 Bd7 16.c4 Nb4 Diagram
18.Rad1 b6 19.Nc3 Bb7 20.Kh1 c5 21.f4
Diagram
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xabcdefghy 17.N4f3 Nc6 18.Bc3 Qf5 19.a3 Rfd8
20.Rfd1 Be8 21.Nf1 Ne4 22.Be1 Ng5
Ng6 22.e5 Nh4 23.Bxh4 Qxh4 24.Bc4 23.Nxg5 Qxg5 24.Bc3 Bf6 25.Bxf6 Qxf6
Bxc3 25.bxc3 Rxd1 26.Qxd1 Rd8 27.Qe2 26.Ng3 Nd4 27.Qe3 Bc6 28.Ne2 Qg5
h5 28.e6 Qg4 29.e7 Re8 30.Qxg4 hxg4 29.Qxg5 Nxe2+ 30.Kf1 hxg5 31.Rxd8+
31.Re1 Bc6 32.f5 b5 33.Bb3 a5 34.Kg1 b4 Rxd8 32.Kxe2 Bxg2 33.Rg1 Bc6 34.Rxg5
35.cxb4 cxb4 36.axb4 axb4 37.Kf2 Bd7 Rd4 35.Rg3 Kf8 36.h3 Rh4 37.Ba2 e5
38.Kg3 Bc6 39.Kxg4 Ra8 40.Rd1 38.b3 Bd7 39.Bb1 Rxh3 40.Rxh3 Bxh3
1-0 41.c5 Bd7 42.b4 Ke7 43.Bc2 f5 44.a4 a6
45.Kd3 g5 46.Kc4 Be6+ 47.Kc3 Kf6 48.b5
axb5 49.axb5 Bd5 50.Ba4 Ke7 51.Bc2 Ke6
52.c6 bxc6 53.b6 Kd6 54.Bxf5 c5 55.Kd3
Kc6 56.Bh7 Kxb6 57.Bf5 Kc7 58.Bh7 Kc6
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59.Ke3 Kb5 60.Kd2 Kb4 61.Bf5 Kb3 40.Qe5+ Rg7 41.Rf1 Qh4 42.Be2 Qh3
62.Kc1 Kc3 63.Bc2 Bc4 64.Bf5 Bd3 65.Bc8 0-1
Kd4 66.Bb7 c4 67.Kd2 c3+ 68.Kd1 e4
0-1
A43
Karpov,Anatoly 2740
C12 Topalov,Veselin 2640
Romanishin,Oleg M 2615 "d" and "e" files open 1994
Beliavsky,Alexander G 2635
"d" and "e" files open 1993 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 Nxd5
5.Nxd5 exd5 6.Qxd5 Be7 7.e4 0-0 8.Be2
d6 9.0-0 Nc6 10.c3 Be6 11.Qh5 h6 12.Rd1
When both central files are open the side with a Re8 13.Bf4 Bf8 14.Nd2 g6 15.Qf3 d5
long term advantage (pair of bishops as in this 16.Qg3 Qe7 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Bf1 Qf6
case, a better pawn structure) has better 19.Nb3 Diagram
chances. Watch how Black attacked despite the
open character of the position.
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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3 dxe4
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5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Nge2 h6 8.Bxf6 7zpp+-+p+-'
Nxf6 9.Bf3 0-0 10.0-0 c6 11.Ne4 Nxe4
12.Bxe4 Bd6 13.Qd3 f5 14.Bf3 e5 15.dxe5 6-+n+-wqpzp&
Bxe5 16.Qc4+ Kh7 17.Rad1 Qf6 18.Nd4
Bd7 Diagram
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4-+QsN-+-+$ Rad8 20.Rd2 Be6 21.Bc7 Rxd2 22.Nxd2
Bf5 23.Nc4 Re4 24.Ne3 Bc8 25.Rd1 Re8
3+-+-+L+-# 26.h3 Qg5 27.Qf3 Kg7 28.Bf4 Qe7 29.Nd5
2PzPP+-zPPzP" Qe4 30.Nf6 Kxf6 31.Be5+ Kxe5 32.Qxe4+
Kxe4 33.Re1+ Kf5 34.Rxe8 Be6 35.Rxf8
1+-+R+RmK-![ Bxa2 36.Rc8 c7
1-0
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19.c3 Rae8 20.Qa4 a6 21.Nb3 Bc8 22.Qb4 B00
Re7 23.Na5 g5 24.g3 g4 25.Bg2 f4 26.Rfe1 Milov,Vadim 2570
c5 27.Qc4 Kg7 28.Nb3 b6 29.Kh1 h5 Miles,Anthony J 2600
30.Nd2 f3 31.Bf1 h4 32.Re4 hxg3 33.fxg3 "d" and "e" files open 1995
Kh8 34.Bd3 f2 35.Rxg4 Bxg4 36.Qxg4 Qh6
37.Nf1 Rg7 38.Qe4 Bxg3 39.Nxg3 Rxg3
Specific features:
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-White took the lead in development thanks to a -the battle took place on the central file "d"
wise exchanges policy -Black managed to occupy the weak square d4
-the development advantage was transformed -after that Black transformed this advantage into
into a long term advantage (double isolated a long term advantage (the pair of bishops)
pawns on the "c" file) -then Black exploited the dark squares.

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.dxe5 Nxe5 4.f4 Nc6 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.0-0 e6
5.Bc4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qh4+ 7.g3 Qe7 8.Qe2 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.c3 Be7 8.Qc2 0-0
Bxd2+ 9.Nxd2 d6 10.0-0-0 Nf6 11.Ngf3 0-0 9.e4 c5 10.Re1 Qc7 11.c4 dxe4 12.dxe4
12.h3 d5 13.exd5 Qxe2 14.Bxe2 Nxd5 Rad8 13.h3 Bd6 14.b3 Be5 15.Rb1 h6
15.Nc4 Nb6 16.g4 Nxc4 17.Bxc4 Be6 16.Nf1 Bd4 Diagram
18.Bb5 Rfd8 Diagram
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17.Bf4 e5 18.Bc1 Nb8 19.Nh4 Nc6 20.a3
19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Nd4 Bd5 21.Rhe1 Re8 a6 21.Nf5 b5 22.Bd2 b4 23.axb4 Nxb4
22.b3 Kf8 23.Kb2 Rad8 24.Kc3 g6 25.a4 24.Bxb4 cxb4 25.N1e3 Bc3 26.Red1 a5
h6 26.f5 g5 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Rd3 Re1 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.exd5 Kh8 29.Rd3 a4 30.d6
29.Kb4 h5 30.gxh5 Kg7 31.Kc5 Be4 32.Rc3 Qc5 31.Rxc3 bxc3 32.Qxc3 axb3 33.Rxb3
Kh6 33.Nxc6 Bxf5 34.Nxa7 Be4 35.Nb5 f5 Rb8 34.Qe3 Qxc4 35.Rd3 Rfd8 36.Ne7 e4
36.Nxc7 Kxh5 37.Ne6 f4 38.Nd4 Rf1 39.b4 37.Rd4 Qe6 38.Qf4 Rb6 39.Nf5 g5 40.Qc1
f3 40.Re3 f2 41.Re2 Ba8 42.Nf5 Kg6 Qxf5
43.Nd6 Rd1 44.Rxf2 Rd5+ 45.Kb6 Rxd6+ 0-1
46.Ka7 Be4 47.b5 Rd7+ 48.Kb6
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A31
Kasparov,Garry 2780
A05 Ivanchuk,Vassily 2720
Olafsson,Fridrik 2560 "c" and "d" files open 1992
Karpov,Anatoly 2690
e4 versus e5 open "d" file 1977 Specific features:
-White had the space advantage and a flexible
pawn structure
Features to follow: -after the rooks development White opened up
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the "c" and "d" files and installed a knight on the attack possibility for the active side until the
central fore post d5 opponent is preoccupied to penetrate along the
-This qualitative superior pieces advantage was "c" file.
transformed to a long term advantage (the pair Specific features:
of bishops in an open position). -despite the symmetrical pawn structure White
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 d6 had more room for his pieces (especially the
5.Bg2 g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.e4 Bg7 bishops were better developed)
9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.Be3 0-0 11.0-0 a5 12.Rc1 -with the help of the queen White creates
a4 13.Qe2 Qa5 14.Rfd1 Rfc8 15.c5 Diagram threats against the black monarch and managed
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black's camp.
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7+p+-zppvlp' 5.c3 Nf6 6.Nd2 cxd4 7.Nb3 Qb6 8.cxd4 d5
9.e3 Nc6 10.Ne2 e6 11.Nc3 a6 12.Bd3 Be7
6-+lzp-snp+& 13.Bg5 Qd8 14.0-0 e5 15.Re1 exd4
5wq-zP-+-+-% 16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.exd4 0-0 18.Qe2 Bb4
19.Qe3 Be6 20.Qf4 Diagram
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Ne8 16.cxd6 Nxd6 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Rxd5
Rxc1+ 19.Bxc1 Qc7 20.Bf4 Qc4 21.Qxc4
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Nxc4 22.b3 axb3 23.axb3 Na5 24.b4 Nc6 3+-sNL+P+-#
25.b5 Nd4 26.Bf1 h5 27.Kg2 Nc2 28.Bd2
e6 29.Rc5 Nd4 30.Be3 b6 31.Rc7 Ra1 2PzP-+-+PzP"
32.Rc8+ Kh7 33.Rc7 Kg8 34.Rc4 Rd1
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41.Rxd1 Nc3 42.Rd8 Nxe4 43.Bxb6 Nc3
44.Rg8 Nxb5 45.Bd8+ Be7 21.Qh4 h6 22.Bxh6 Nd7 23.Qh5 Nf6
1-0 24.Qg5 Ne8 25.Qe3 Bf6 26.Bf4 Qb6 27.Be5
Bxe5 28.Qxe5 Qxb2 29.Na4 Qa3 30.Nc5
Nf6 31.Nxe6 Rae8 32.Bf5 fxe6 33.Bxe6+
A45 Kh8 34.Re3 Qb2 35.Rae1 Nh7 36.Qh5 g6
Hodgson,Julian M 2580 37.Qxd5 Nf6 38.Qe5 Kg7
Cramling,Pia 2520 1-0
"c" and "e" files open 1995

In this peculiar case with the "c" and "e" files

open, the side that controls the 'e' file tends to
have the advantage. The reason lays in a king
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E12 A07
Portisch,Lajos 2635 Ribli,Zoltan 2600
Nikolic,Predrag 2575 Smyslov,Vassily 2610
"c" and "e" files open 1985 "c" and "d" files open 1984

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Specific features of the game:
exd5 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bf4 0-0 8.e3 c5 9.Ne5 -Black gives up the pair of bishops early when
Bb7 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.0-0 cxd4 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 the center was almost closed
13.exd4 Bd6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 Re8 16.Bc2 -by the help of the central breakthrough White
Be7 17.Re1 Ne4 18.Bxe7 Rxe7 19.Qe2 Rd7 was able to open up the central file, threatening
20.Qd3 Diagram to enter on the important square d6
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-the endgame was favorable to whit thanks to
8r+-wq-+k+({ the pair of bishops.

7zp-+r+pzp-' 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 c6 4.b3 Nd7

5.Bb2 Ngf6 6.0-0 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Nbd2 0-0
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5+-+p+-+-% 13.Rc1 b6 14.Nf1 Rc8 15.Ne3 cxd4
16.Bxd4 dxc4 17.Nxc4 Qe7 18.Qe2 Red8
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27.Qxg5 hxg5 28.d5 Bb7 29.Re5 Rc5
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40.Rh7+ Kg6 41.Rxb7 Rd2 42.Rxa7 Rxb2
43.Rc7 b5 44.Rc6+ Kg7 45.Rc5 Kg6
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49.Rxf5+ Kg6 50.Rc5 Kf6 51.a4 bxa4
52.Rxc4 a3 53.Ra4 Ra2 54.Ra5 Kg6 55.f4 20.Be3 Nb8 21.h3 Nd6 22.Nxd6 Rxc1
Kf6 56.Ra6+ Ke7 57.Kf3 Kf7 58.g4 Ke7 23.Rxc1 Qxd6 24.Qc4 Bf6 25.Bf3 Qe7
59.g5 26.a4 Nd7 27.b4 e5 28.Rd1 exf4 29.gxf4
1-0 Nf8 30.Rxd8 Qxd8 31.Bd5 Qd7 32.a5 bxa5
33.bxa5 Ne6 34.Bxe6 fxe6 35.a6 Be7
36.Qd4
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Quinteros,Miguel Angel
A14
2515
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Timman,Jan H
"c" and "d' files open
2600
1980
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.0-0
Be7 6.d3 d5 7.b3 0-0 8.Bb2 c5 9.e3 Nc6 6-+-+p+-+&
10.Qe2 Re8 11.Rd1 Rc8 12.Nc3 Rc7 13.d4
cxd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Rxd4 Bc5 16.Rdd1
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Rd7 17.cxd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Bxd5
Rxd5 20.Rxd5 Qxd5 21.Rd1 Diagram
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E09
Qe4 22.Rd7 Qb1+ 23.Kg2 Qxa2 24.Qf3 Granda Zuniga,Julio E 2620
Rf8 25.Be5 Qc2 26.Qg4 Qg6 27.Qxg6 hxg6 Mecking,Henrique 2575
28.Rxa7 Rd8 29.Rb7 Rd2 30.Bd4 Bxd4 "c" and "d' files open 1995
31.exd4 Rxd4 32.Rb8+ Kh7 33.Rxb6 g5
34.Kf3 Kg6 35.Ke2 g4 36.Rc6 Kf5 37.Rc7 1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.c4
f6 38.Rxg7 Rb4 39.h4 gxh3 40.Rh7 Rxb3 c6 6.Nbd2 0-0 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.b3 b6 9.Bb2
- Bb7 10.Qc2 c5 11.Rac1 Rc8 12.Qb1 Rc7
13.cxd5 Bxd5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.e4 Bb7
16.e5 Nd5 17.Ne4 Be7 18.Nd4 a6 19.Rxc7
B50 Qxc7 20.Rc1 Qb8 21.f4 Rc8 22.Rxc8+
Adams,Michael 2655 Qxc8 23.a3 Diagram
Kasparov,Garry 2805
"c" and "d' files open 1995 (Diagram)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Bb3 Ne3 24.Bf3 Nc5 25.Qc1 Nxe4 26.Qxe3 Nc5
Nc6 6.c3 d5 7.e5 Nd7 8.d4 Be7 9.0-0 b5 27.b4 Bxf3 28.Nxf3 Na4 29.Bd4 g6 30.Nd2
10.Re1 Bb7 11.Nbd2 a5 12.a4 b4 13.c4 Qc2 31.Nf1 b5 32.Qd2 Qc7 33.Ne3 Nb6
dxc4 14.Nxc4 cxd4 15.Bg5 0-0 16.Bxe7 34.Bxb6 Qxb6 35.Kf2 h5 36.Qc3 Qb7
Qxe7 17.Nxd4 Nc5 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Rc1 37.Qc1 Bd8 38.Qd1 Bb6 39.Qf3 Qc8
Bd5 Diagram 40.Kg2 Kg7 41.Nf1 Qc2+ 42.Kh3 Qf5+
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Lein,Anatoly 2520
A07 Seirawan,Yasser 2510
Hodgson,Julian M 2545 "d" and "e" files open 1980
Goldin,Alexander 2595
"d" and "e" files open 1992 1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.Bg2
Bb7 6.Nge2 Nd7 7.0-0 Bg7 8.Nd5 c6 9.Ne3
Ngf6 10.h3 0-0 11.c3 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5
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bishops played an important role. 23.g4 Diagram

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d3 Bg4 (Diagram)

5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Nxf3 g6 8.0-0
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12.e5 Nd5 13.b4 Ne6 14.c4 Nb6 15.Qe4 27.a3 Qg3 28.Bf2 Qb8 29.Bh4 f6 30.Rf1 g5
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38.Bxf3 Rxf3 39.Kg2 Rdd3 40.Kh1 Bd6
(Diagram) 41.Rc2 Ke6
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Anand,Viswanathan 2670 Nikolic,Predrag 2645
Beliavsky,Alexander G 2620 Kramnik,Vladimir 2775
"d" and "e" files open 1992 "d" and "e" files open 1996

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5
5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.a3 g6 9.e4
Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Qf4 11.Qe2 Bg7 12.g3 Qc7
13.a4 Bf8 14.Bd3 c6 15.Nf1 d5 16.Bg5 13.Bg2 0-0 14.0-0 e5 15.Rad1 exd4
dxe4 17.Rxe4 Be7 18.Re2 exd4 19.Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Qb6 Diagram
Bf8 20.Rd2 Diagram
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17.Qd2 Nc5 18.b4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Bh3
Qc7 21.Bf5 c5 22.Nf3 Ne5 23.Nxe5 Rxe5 20.Rfe1 Rad8 21.c5 Qc7 22.Qe3 Qd7
24.Ne3 Qc6 25.axb5 axb5 26.Rxa8 Bxa8 23.Nxc6 Qxd1 24.Nxd8 Rxd8 25.Bxb7 Qc2
27.Bxf6 Qxf6 28.Rd8 g6 29.Rxa8 gxf5 26.Bg2 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Rd2 28.Qf4 Bd4
30.Qd7 h5 31.Nd5 Qh6 32.g3 Re1+ 33.Kh2 29.Rf1 Kg7 30.h4 h5 31.Qf3 Rd3 32.Qf4
h4 34.Ne7+ Kh8 35.Nxf5 hxg3+ 36.Nxg3 Qb3 33.Re1 Qxa3 34.c6 Qxb4 35.Re4 Qc5
Kg8 37.Qxb5 Qd6 38.Qc4 36.c7 Bf6 37.Rc4 Qd5+ 38.Kh2 Rd1 39.f3
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