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 "Unknown569"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "4r2r/1R6/p1pq1pk1/3p1b2/3P3p/4QN1P/PP3PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Nxh4+ Kh5 2. Nxf5 Rxe3 3. g4+ ( { White can try: } 3. Nxd6 Re6 4. Rd7 { With a
likely draw. } ) 3... Kg5 4. Rg7+ Kf4 5. fxe3+ Kf3 6. Nxd6 Rxh3 7. Nf5 { White wins
with a large material advantage. } 1-0