Smyslov-Botvinnik USSR Championship 1955

[JustinHorton]

This game.

I've come across some annotations in a couple of places (e.g. here) which include the odd-sounding phrase

"Botvinnik prepares a vigorous counterattack in the f-file."

Obviously we would say "along" rather than "in". Does anybody have any idea where this annotation originates?

[John Upham]

This game.

I've come across some annotations in a couple of places (e.g. here) which include the odd-sounding phrase

"Botvinnik prepares a vigorous counterattack in the f-file."

Obviously we would say "along" rather than "in". Does anybody have any idea where this annotation originates?

According to the above URL the annotation is provided by "Annotated by: sahadeo (1404) "

J.

[John Clarke]

It goes back to the 1920s if not further: the phrase occurs here and there in Nimzowitsch's My System, as does "in the seventh rank" at least once.

I don't know what preposition was used in the original German, but it does seem odd that Nimzo's translator, Philip Hereford, should have opted for this usage in the English version.

[JustinHorton]

According to the above URL the annotation is provided by "Annotated by: sahadeo (1404) "

This I know. I rather suspect however that the good Sahadeo is not the original annotator.