GOTW #5: Doubled Rooks on the Seventh

Hello, chess.com! My name is hitthepin, and welcome back to another Game of the Week.

A quick preview before we begin: I didn't play all that good chess this week. I'm not particularly proud of this game. I'm not particularly proud of any of these games. 

Got that? Understood? Good. Then let's begin. 

There comes a time, when an intermediate player is advanced through the game, when they come across the concept known as "the Rook on the seventh". The triumph of having an open file, some manuals assign a value of a whole pawn to this fact. In absence of other information, this statement can be considered true. 

The reason that a Rook on the seventh is considered so powerful is because there are likely to be many enemy pawns on that rank for the Rook to attack. Not to mention, the enemy King can usually be found on the first rank, so the Rook might present some threats to the monarch in the middlegame, and restricts his movement in the endgame. 

So, if one Rook on the seventh is powerful, two must be even more powerful, right? 

Yes. Definitely. 

Without further ado, here is the game. Enjoy!

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As always, see you next time!