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Speedboat Adventures | Power Your Rooks Through Open Files

Speedboat Adventures | Power Your Rooks Through Open Files

Course 85 episodes
(2 hours 39 min)

Creators GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes

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.

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

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 make the most out of your Rooks on the 7th rank.

Lesson Plan

85 episode(s) 2 hours 39 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.

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5. Uhlmann W. - Lanka Z.

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6. Move turn makes sense

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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 (or Black to Play)

4. Controlling the Important Square (or White to Play)

6. Hidden Difference

7. Deep Understanding

8. Favorite Idea

9. Controlled Square

10. Supportive pawn

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Course 85 episodes (2 hours 39 min)

Creators GM Gabuzyan Hovhannes

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