Where Rooks Belong

Put your Rooks on open files where they have more influence and scope.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown279"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "7Q/8/5r2/pp3qkp/6p1/5P2/6K1/5R2 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Qg7+ ( { White can try: } 1. Qg8+ Kh6 2. Qh8+ Kg6 3. Qg8+ Kh6 4. Qh8+ { Draw
by repetition of position. } ) 1... Qg6 ( { Black can try: } 1... Rg6 2. f4+ Qxf4 3. Qxg6+ Kxg6 4. Rxf4 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. f4+ Kf5 ( { Black can try: } 2... Rxf4 3. Qxg6+ Kxg6 4. Rxf4 { White wins with a large
material advantage. } ) 3. Qd7+ Re6 ( { Black can try: } 3... Ke4 4. Re1+ Kxf4 5. Qd2+ Kf5 6. Qd5+ Kf4 7. Qe5# ) 4. Qxb5+ Kf6 ( { Black can try: } 4... Ke4 5. f5 Qe8 6. Qe2+ Kd5 7. Rd1+ Kc5 8. Qc2+ Kb6 9. Rb1+ Ka6 10. Qc4+ Ka7 11. Qc7+ Ka8 12. Qb7# ) 5. f5 Re2+ ( { Black can try: } 5... Qh7 6. fxe6+ Kxe6 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 6. Qxe2 Qg8 { White wins with
a large material advantage. } 1-0