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Speedboat Adventures | Power Your Rooks Through Open Files

Course 86 episodes
(2 hours 40 min)

Creators GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes

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Controlling open files is an important strategic concept that helps you apply pressure on your opponent, paralyze the movement of their pieces, and infiltrate their position.

This course will teach you the key ideas and concepts in order to achieve this...

Below you can find some positions taken from the course.

Open files, open lines

There are model game positions that will help you to understand how to implement the key concepts in your own games.

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What you'll learn

What makes open files so important?
How to fight for open files by making exchanges or sacrifices.
How to prevent your opponent from entering your camp by controlling key entry squares.
What are useless open files and why you shouldn't occupy them.
Which open files are the most important to control?
How to create the Alekhine Gun to dominate an open file
Lessons on using open file from the games of Grandmasters
How to make the most out of your Rooks on the 7th rank and more.

Course Content

86
Episodes
102
Quizzes & Trainings
2 hours 40 min

Course overview

Unlocked 1m 11s

1. Introduction

2. Evenson A. - Alekhine A.

Unlocked 8m 34s

3. Kortschnoj V. - Silbering

Unlocked 4m 33s

4. Andersson U. - Kavalek L.

Unlocked 4m 27s

5. Uhlmann W. - Lanka Z.

Unlocked 5m 18s

6. Move turn makes sense

Unlocked 1m 41s

1. Introduction

2. Pel B. - Rodshtein M.

3. Geller E. - Bradvarevic A.

4. Djingarova E. - Babaev R.

5. Rodshtein M. - Adams M.

6. Klenburg M. - Adams M.

1. Introduction

2. Tal M. - Alpern D.

3. Poljakov G. - Malchev A.

4. Acabal M. - Menendez S.

1. Introduction

2. Smyslov V. - Ernst T.

3. Risselli T. - Rubinstein A.

4. Smart strategy

5. That's why he is the champion

1. Introduction

2. Right decision

4. Simutowe A. - Haznedaroglu K.

1. Introduction

2. Simple choice

3. Botvinnik M. - Alekhine A.

1. Introduction

2. Larsen B. - Suetin A.

4. Petrosian T. - Chistiakov A.

5. Tripling is a big joy!

6. Winter W. - Alekhine A.

1. Introduction

2. Important Square

3. Smyslov V. - Gligoric S.

4. Wojtaszek R. - Markiewicz J.

5. Aronian L. - Harikrishna P.

6. Attacking the Rook

7. Help by the Pawn

8. Simple, Strong, Effective

10. Anand V. - Nakamura H.

11. Amin B. - Li C.

12. Pressure, Pressure, Pressure!

1. Introduction

2. Explaining the Technique

3. Aronian L. - Hermann M.

4. Doubled, Tripled, Destroyed

5. Unexcpected Trade

6. Easy (If you Know it)

7. Exchange the Locker!

8. Another Repetition

9. Nice Maneuver

10. Smart Way of Trading

11. Akopian V. - Ivanchuk V.

1. Introduction

2. Transposition

3. Overweighted Weakness

4. Svidler P. - Nepomniachtchi I.

5. Positional Sacrifice!

6. Ugly Pawns - Take it Easy

1. Introduction

2. Easy When you Know

3. Grabbing Control

4. Controlling the Important Square

6. Hidden Difference

7. Deep Understanding

8. Favorite Idea

9. Controlled Square

10. Supportive pawn

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Creators GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes

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