15.1 /File Opening by Rook Pawn 27 h5! Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924   (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0 15.2 22....h5 J Mieses vs Alekhine, 1925  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 34 moves, 0-1 15.3 21 .....a5 Saemisch vs Alekhine, 1926  (A47) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 0-1 15.4 19.....A5! Najdorf vs Geller, 1953  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 42 moves, 0-1 15.6 14....Bb7! Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984  (E15) Queen's Indian, 93 moves, 1/2-1/2 15.7 14 Ra7 Huebner vs Unzicker, 1980 (A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2 15.8 23,,,h5! Kasparov vs M Ulybin, 1988  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2 15.9 21 b5! Kramnik vs P Nikolic, 1997 (A17) English, 36 moves, 1-0 16.1 the wave breaker is set up ie f2 g3 h4 a5 b6 c7 23...a5! Alekhine vs A Brinckmann, 1927  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 34 moves, 1-0 16.2 23....h4 Kotov vs Botvinnik, 1944  (A47) Queen's Indian, 37 moves, 0-1 16.3 22 h4! Taimanov vs Timman, 1981 (A04) Reti Opening, 41 moves, 0-1 16.5 40 g4! Capablanca vs Yates, 1930  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 87 moves, 1-0 16.6 48 g4! Smejkal vs Timman, 1981  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 86 moves, 1-0 17.1 Rubinstein Exchange :nbd7 -the sign for cxd5! 7.nbd7?! Rubinstein vs Bogoljubov, 1922  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 30 moves, 1-0 17.3 5. cxd5! Taimanov vs E Terpugov, 1951  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 37 moves, 1-0 17.4 13. a5! Geller vs G Pfeiffer, 1961 (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 1-0 17.5 11.cxd5!? L Karlsson vs J Hebert, 1984 (A04) Reti Opening, 42 moves, 1-0 18.1 Queen behind Rooks -Smyslovs Foundation 10...Qb6!? Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1952  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2 18.2 12.CXD5!? Gligoric vs M Bertok, 1965 (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2 18.3 15...Rfc8! Antoshin vs Averbakh, 1955  (C02) French, Advance, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2 18.5 11....Qb6! I Bilek vs Geller, 1967 (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2 18.7 16. Qc2! Andersson vs Gulko, 1976  (A26) English, 32 moves, 1-0 T19 Karpov's FileBlocking 19.1 24 Ba7! Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 44 moves, 1-0 19.2 27 Bh7! Kasparov vs Karpov, 1985  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2 19.5 Bc7! D Pergericht vs M Schinis, 1989 (E05) Catalan, Open, Classical line, 59 moves, 1-0 20.1 Brute force Blackburnes battering ram 23 R1c2! Blackburne vs S Rosenthal, 1878   (C45) Scotch Game, 49 moves, 1-0 20.2 20rfc1 Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0 20.3 22 Rd3! Karpov vs Spassky, 1979  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 1-0 20.4 32. Ra1! Andersson vs S Temirbayev, 1996 (A15) English, 55 moves, 1-0 21.1 avoiding the opening of a file the Padlock 22.....b5! Petrosian vs Gligoric, 1959  (E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 45 moves, 1-0 21.2 17....c4! Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1 21.5 29....bd7! 30 h5! Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1981  (E12) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1 21.6 19...a5! Romanishin vs Dolmatov, 1985 (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 60 moves, 1-0 Botvinnik prescription:exchange piece protecting entrysq20 QE3! Botvinnik vs N Sorokin, 1931  (D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 55 moves, 1-0 22.2 16 Bxe6! Qxe6 Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2 22.3 30 Nxe6! rxe6 Simagin vs Kotov, 1945  (E02) Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4, 62 moves, 1-0 23.2 13...Bxc3 ! V Makogonov vs Botvinnik, 1943  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 55 moves, 0-1 23.3 20 Kb3 on Andersson vs M J Tempone, 1979  (A15) English, 31 moves, 1-0 23.4 14 Bg4! Balashov vs J Penrose, 1966  (E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 26 moves, 1-0 24.1 Bishop Zigzag :neutralizing the good bishop from 21 on Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2 24.2 13....bg4! 14 f3 Bh5! Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1 25.1 Capablanca's setup in the Karlsbad Structure 23...nd6! Reti vs Capablanca, 1925  (A12) English with b3, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2 25.2 12...g6 ! P Trifunovic vs Pirc, 1948 (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2 25.4 16....ne4 ! Bobotsov vs Petrosian, 1968  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 0-1 25.5 8....G6 Portisch vs Kasparov, 1989  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 62 moves, 0-1 26.1 14 nd4! Alekhine vs J H Morrison, 1923  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 28 moves, 1-0 16.4 34 ...ne7? Karpov vs Dolmatov, 1980  (B33) Sicilian, 55 moves, 1-0 25. 11 ne2! Petrosian vs Fischer, 1959  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 31 moves, 1-0 26.5 12...nh8!! M Wach vs Glek, 1997 (B30) Sicilian, 35 moves, 0-1 27.1 Chapter working with the king Castling by hand 14.Bb5+ Uhlmann vs Larsen, 1971  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 0-1 27.2 16. Bd2 Kf8! V Utemov vs Dreev, 1989 (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 0-1 28.2 19...re8? on A Becker vs Nimzowitsch, 1925   (C10) French, 61 moves, 0-1 28.3 26...nf7! P Romanovsky vs Y Vilner, 1927  (A06) Reti Opening, 66 moves, 1-0 28.4 17...kf7! R Byrne vs Kotov, 1954  (E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 58 moves, 0-1 28.6 21...ke8! Kotov vs K Plater, 1947  (E28) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation, 79 moves, 1-0 28.6 23. Ne2 Kf7! G Ravinsky vs Kotov, 1949 (A53) Old Indian, 54 moves, 0-1 E Cohn vs Nimzowitsch, 1911  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 100 moves, 0-1 28.8 22...kf8! J Diez del Corral vs Petrosian, 1969  (C18) French, Winawer, 54 moves, 0-1 28.9 31 r1c2! Petrosian vs Unzicker, 1960  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 55 moves, 1-0 28.10 50 kf1! Petrosian vs Ljubojevic, 1974  (A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 100 moves, 1-0 28.11 31.b5! F Olafsson vs Gligoric, 1959  (A21) English, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2 28.12 17 ra2! Botvinnik vs P Ostojic, 1969  (A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 46 moves, 1-0 28.14 30,,,kf8 Yanofsky vs Portisch, 1962  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 62 moves, 0-1 29.1 14...bg6! 1)fxg3/fxg6 for an iniative on the f-file Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1912   (C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 27 moves, 0-1 29.3 13....h6! Spielmann vs Alekhine, 1927  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2 10....fxg6! Sveshnikov vs Balashov, 1976  (C02) French, Advance, 35 moves, 0-1 17....nb8! Stahlberg vs Smyslov, 1953 (D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2 15.nxg6! Rubinstein vs Bogoljubov, 1920  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0 18 bxg6! Yates vs Reti, 1924  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 24 moves, 1-0 29.10 15....Bxg3! Ahues vs Alekhine, 1936  (D22) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 0-1 29.11 13 bxg6 Milner-Barry vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1928  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 26 moves, 1-0 29.`1 A hiding place for King on h2/h7 25 fxg3! Seirawan vs Tal, 1985  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1-0 29.14 15....fxg6! A Rodriguez Cespedes vs Miles, 1989  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 54 moves, 0-1 4. h2xg3 despite everything the boring normal case 29.15 12 hxg Portisch vs Uhlmann, 1967 (D13) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2 attack down the hfile 30.1 13.h4! Alekhine vs E Ibanez, 1926  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 18 moves, 1-0 21 g3! Maroczy vs Yates, 1924  (C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0 30.3 15 h4! Boleslavsky vs Batyev, 1939  (B10) Caro-Kann, 51 moves, 1-0 30.4 23 h4! Petrosian vs Sokolsky, 1954  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 60 moves, 1-0 30.5 26.g5! Keres vs Petrosian, 1953  (E61) King's Indian, 56 moves, 1-0 30.6 16 h4! Tal vs B Gurgenidze, 1969  (B15) Caro-Kann, 34 moves, 1-0 30.7 8 h4! Gligoric vs R Bogdanovic, 1966 (E92) King's Indian, 39 moves, 1-0 Which Rook belongd on the c-d-e FILE?31.2 placeholder Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2 31.3 19 e5! Ragozin vs E Arnlind, 1956 (B74) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2 31.4 12...Qc5?! R Naranja vs Fischer, 1970  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2 31.6 14 nd3 ! R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963   (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1 31.7 11....rc8?! Geller vs Najdorf, 1953  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 57 moves, 1-0 31.8 14 rde1! Tal vs N Padevsky, 1963  (C16) French, Winawer, 28 moves, 1-0 31.9 14. rac1! Romanishin vs M Knezevic, 1977  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 1-0 31.10 18....rad8! Larsen vs Tal, 1973  (A37) English, Symmetrical, 35 moves, 0-1 32.2 tHE ALT FOR THE ROOK THE ROOK LIFT 16...F5! C Arduman vs M Quinn, 2001 (A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2 32.3 14 R a2 ! A Konstantinopolsky vs L Abramov, 1947 (A13) English, 36 moves, 1-0 32.4 12 Ra2! A Konstantinopolsky vs I Lipnitsky, 1950  (A13) English, 41 moves, 1-0 32.8 13....a5! Keres vs Smyslov, 1955  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 39 moves, 0-1 32.10 20 .d5? A Groszpeter vs Kupreichik, 1982 (D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 50 moves, 0-1 32.11 17 Ra3! 12...ra6! 2 rook lifts Timman vs Karpov, 1990  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 36 moves, 0-1 32.14 12 h4!! Aronian vs C Seel, 2002  (B01) Scandinavian, 29 moves, 1-0 32.1 Transferring a Knight to the center 15.Nh4! Botvinnik vs Panov, 1939  (C49) Four Knights, 41 moves, 1-0 33.2 16...bf8! Portisch vs Fischer, 1967  (E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2 33.4 24 Nb1! Karpov vs Spassky, 1974  (B83) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0 34.1 The Cloistered Bishop 15...Na5! Von Scheve vs Tarrasch, 1892 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 0-1 34.2 14...Be8! Beliavsky vs Krasenkow, 2004 (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2 101 games