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 "Unknown639"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "4r2k/p3r1b1/3p4/2pP1B2/P1n2pp1/8/3B1PP1/1R2R1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Rxe7 Rxe7 2. Rb8+ Bf8 3. Bc3+ ( { White can try: } 3. Rxf8+ Kg7 4. Bd3 Kxf8 5. Bxc4 { With a likely draw. } ) 3... Kg8 ( { Black can try: } 3... Ne5 4. Rxf8+ Kg7 5. Rd8 Kf6 6. Rxd6+ Kf7 7. Rh6 Re8 8. Ra6 Re7 9. d6 Rb7 10. Bxe5 Ke8 11. Bxg4 Rb1+ 12. Kh2 Re1 13. Bxf4 Re4 14. d7+ Kd8 15. Bg5+ Kc7 16. d8=Q+ Kb7 17. Rd6 Rxg4 18. Qe7+ Kb8 19. Rd8# ) 4. Be6+ Kh7 5. Rxf8 Ne5 6. Bxe5 dxe5 7. Bxg4 Kg7 8. Rb8 e4 9. d6 Kf6 10. dxe7 Kxe7 { White wins with a large material
advantage. } 1-0