Uhlmann/Schmidt: Open Files (Progress in Chess) mix plastik with insights into the grandmaster's

with insights into the grandmaster's approach to questions of technique

Chapter 8: Black Grovels with 7

the greatest American chess player since the legendary Robert James Fischer

in the 10th edition of that book

will find Playing the Stonewall Dutch an excellent guide to this practical opening

Uhlmann/Schmidt: Open Files (Progress in Chess) mix plastik with insights into the grandmaster'sThe 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;