Here are links to all "The Open File" columns.                                                                                                                     

"The Open File":                      Read My Short Story:

Draw Offers  3/14/08                         The Greatest Player Who Ever Lived  3/14/08

Simuls  7/27/08

Interviews  8/3/08

Knight or Bishop?  8/10/08

Beginners and Clubs  8/19/08

Forming a Chess Club  8/24/08

Hurricane Truth  9/1/08

Alien Customs  9/8/08

Unsung Hero  9/15/08

Retrograde Help, Mate!  9/22/08

Is There Chess After Life?  9/29/08

Is There Life After Chess?  10/6/08

What Is Chess?  10/13/08

Women in Chess  10/20/08

Betting  10/27/08

A Story to Study  11/03/08

And Another Story  11/10/08

One More Story  11/17/08

Time for Christmas  12/08/08

Blindfold Play  12/15/08

Is Chess Infinite?  1/26/09

Chessicons  2/2/09

Chaos, Chess, and the Weather  2/9/09

Ratings  2/16/09

Chess Books I'd Like to See  2/23/09

How Many Moves?  3/3/09

I Found Something  3/10/09

Untold Story  3/17/09

Up the Wall  3/24/09

Cold Turkey  3/31/09

The Amazing Pawn Game  4/7/09

How to Improve Your Game  4/14/09

Kibitzing  4/21/09

Chess in Outer Space  5-6-09

Busy, Busy, Busy  5-12-09

Tip of the Iceberg  5-19-09

The REAL Chess Player Quiz  5-26-09

Volunteers  6-2-09

Political Tangent  6-16-09

How Good Is a Master?  7-7-09

Take His Rook, Archil!  7-14-09

And Another Blunder  7-21-09

Only 2700's Need Apply  8-9-09

Notes on Notation  9-2-09

Chess Limericks  11-2-09

Thanks  11-26-09

Winning and Losing  12-23-09

The Troll Under My Chessboard  1/3/10

No Losers Here!  1/22/10

Chess Is a Crazy Game  2/16/10

Adjournments, An Outdated Practice  7/9/10