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 rationale for moving rookswhich rook to move first. I've seen several rationales: move the rook that has the most spaces available; move the king's rook first; etc. I know the answer is very position dependent, but is there any general rule/principle that I should think about in that situation? |
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i recently posted this in another club The only good Rook is a working Rook! - Samuel Reshevsky Even the best grandmasters in the world have had to work hard to acquire the technique of rook endings. - Paul Keres The preparation for active rook play entails what is called the opening of lines, which largely depends on pawn play, especially on the proper use of levers. - Hans Kmoch Like mortars in old war films, they are often ready to destroy the opponent's unsupported defences. - Alexei Suetin The retreat of a minor piece to the back rank, where it cuts the lines of communication between the rooks, is permissible only in exceptional cases. - Alexander Alekhine There is much to be said about all the pieces. The Knights and Bishops,the Pawns and Queens.Even the King can suddenly become very powerful. So i would ask the players in this Club to write down their impressions about our Game. |
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rooks Here's another thought: "when in doubt [about which rook to move] play the 'a' rook to d1." (Larry Christiansen) and some simple practical advice I learned a long time ago: put your rooks on open and half-open files, and behind passed pawns. |
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it's not only which -- but when His concept dovetails neatly with Botvinnik's point that the value of a deployed piece is a function of its target and of your control of its trajectory in reaching that target. (And that's what gives this approach value in seeking a material -- or a positional -- advantage.) |
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The rooks a valuable But since rooks are of 5 points value, two are ten points and the queen is 9 points, then is it advisable to trade a queen for two rooks? |
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@Julio: it's the functional value of the piece, not its "point value" |
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speaking of Pawns ''The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance are not sufficient. - Aaron Nimzowitsch ''No pawn exchanges, no file-opening, no attack''. - Aaron Nimzowitsch. ''The placing of the center pawns determines the 'topography' of a game of chess. - Alexander Kotov ''Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position''. - Anatoly Karpov. ''Pawn endings are to chess what putting is to golf''. - Cecil Purdy. ''Two passed pawns on the sixth beat everything, up to a royal flush''. - Ian Rogers. ''The winning of a pawn among good players of even strength often means the winning of the game.'' - Jose Capablanca. ''The most important feature of the Chess position is the activity of the pieces. This is absolutely fundamental in all phases of the game: Opening, Middlegame and especially Endgame. The primary constraint on a piece's activity is the pawn structure.'' - Michael Stean. ''The older I grow, the more I value pawns''. - Paul Keres. ''The essential disadvantage of the isolated pawn ... lies not in the pawn itself, but in the square in front of the pawn.'' - Richard Reti ''I'd rather have a Pawn than a finger.'' - Rueben Fine ''White has no positional equivalent for the centralized pawn.'' - Siegbert Tarrasch. So the moral of the story is?? |
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shamash position of the queen is less important, I suppose I should ask the question in a different way. If you were to start a game and had the option of having two rooks and no queen, and your opponent would have the queen and no rooks, who would have the advantage in such a case? If the question bothers you, you do not have to answer. |
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@Julio, since you ask: Since my own play tends to playing closed positions, there is usually little role anyway for my rooks or Queen till late in the middlegame. I know that if I am looking for an outright mating attack, then if I still have a knight or a bishop, I would favor the Queen. However, if I am looking to make positional inroads with an invasion via an open file into the seventh rank, then for that positional attack I would favor the dual-power of two rooks. But back to your question: if it's the start of the game, then I would prefer the Queen for its radiation of central control during the opening pawn moves and occupation of the center. |
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Thank you of gaining two rooks for a queen, so with your answer, I believe I will favor the queen. |
