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 "Unknown732"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "4rk1r/p1p2pp1/3q4/2b5/6Q1/2N4p/PPP5/R3R2K w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Rxe8+ Kxe8 2. Re1+ Kd8 ( { Black dare not try: } 2... Kf8 3. Qc8+ Qd8 4. Qxd8# ) 3. Rd1 Qxd1+ 4. Nxd1 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0