Doubling up Rooks can be difficult to force. You need to look for a natural opportunity to double the Rooks otherwise you loose tempo trying to stack them. An opportunity to double the Rooks might come when you have opportunity to bring one Rook up to the 2nd Rank (White) or 7th Rank (for Black). Then its a simple case of bringing the remaining Rook under the Rook pushed forward a Rank. Its really a matter of looking for an opportunity that doesn't cost you tempo. From personal experience, doubling my Rooks usually comes about when the central board position is locked down (there's no move I can make that doesn't lose material or positional advantage). If one Rook is in the right position, I slide the remaining Rook into position.
How to Double Rooks?
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Oct 28, 2011
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you still could have doubled. after rook f3 play your other rook to c8, then the file is yours. that's mostly the point anyhow. if white challenges with Rc2, then simply queen to c7, c8. owning those files are important! :)
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after the exchange, of course. R on f3 takes c3, THEN the other rook takes, and the queen gets somewhere behind it. :)
Thanks... Any thoughts move 27... until the end
paulgottlieb wrote:
Thanks for posting an interesting game. For what they're worth, here are a few thoughts
Thanks for deeming it interesting.
Your move, 4...Nc6 looks OK, but 4...dxc4 is also interesting.
What about him bring queen out and double attacking and winning the pawn back? Would his queen just be out too early?
Now that White has committed his B to g2, he has to spend some time getting his pawn back. You often see Black playing dxc4 followed perhaps by a later Nc6 or c5 in the Catalan. White's 5.c5 looks like a mistake, and you are already at least equal. The whole point of his opening is to use his Bg2 and Pc4 to put tremendous pressure on d5. With one move he takes all the pressure off your center
I think your 9.cxb6 is not best. As a general rule, the more center pawn, the better! So axb6 was stronger. supporting a later c5 and the conquest of the center. But even after cxb6 you have a small advantage.
Would opening up the a file be just as good? I was aiming for the whole c file. But get the whole idea of moving towards the center. Makes sense.
You missed a very pretty tactic on move 21. Instead of your 21....Rc3 (which did give you some advantage), how about 21...Rxd4!
Wow. Big miss. Just learning about tatics. I have Dan Heisman's book on tatics. I thought I new alot about tatics; ex: yeah forks with knights!! I know tatics! It is humbling starting to study the basics and realizing how little I know about chess and how so much is based on tatics.
He can't take the Rook because of 22.Qxd4 Bc5 pinning the Queen against the King. Any time your opponent pushes his f-pawn,
Thanks for pointing out the pattern to look for with the f pawn push.
he opens that long diagonal, and you'd be amazed how many times there are tactics on that diagonal. So stay alert! If you look at the games of great positional players like Capablanca, you will see countless occasions where they your these little tactical tricks to achieve their positional goals.
22...Rxf3 was unneccessary. Why not 22...Rfc8 or 22....Rc7 followed by Rfc8? Open files are valuable--they don't give them away for free!
Did not realize I could just retreat.
Your 26....e5 was a mistake,
I was going for imediate counter-play. So got a little impaitient realized post-mortem could have been eaisly defended.
I believe. 28.Qd1 would have put an end to most of your attacking dreams and left White a clear pawn up. In fact, even on the last move of the game, 30.Qd2, Qe2. or Qf2 would have left White with a superior position.
This was an interestring game, and you are quite right to point to the struggle for the open c-file as an important element. But in the game you didn't really fight hard for the file. You didn't have to play 22...Rxf3. Exchanging is always the easiest decision
but it's rarely the right one. I can't remember which grandmaster said, "to take is a mistake!" but that's true more often than you would e.
Thanks for looking. Forgot to say time control was an 1hr each side.
Here is a game that I played after this one. Could not make use of the pin. Lost 1-0. Thoughts?
Few errors *meant winning the queen.
If 16. Nh4, then 16. ... Bxh4 17 gxh4. The white king is now opened up for attack.
An easier way to double up your rooks would have been 20 ... Rc7 21 ... Rc8.
Better than 30. Bg2 would have been 30 Qd3 or 30 Qc3 because he wouldn't lose two pawns when your bishop came in.
Thank you for taking a look at the second game. That wins.
What to I have to type on the keyboard or with the mouse to do a Rook (change the king with another piece)
chech74 wrote:
What to I have to type on the keyboard or with the mouse to do a Rook (change the king with another piece)
Your question isn't very clear. I think you're talking about castling: when the previously unmoved king moves two spaces to the right or to the left and a previously unmoved rook is moved to the square directly to the right of the king in a queenside castle or to the left if castling kingside. Kingside castles (When the king ends up on g1/g8) are notated as 0-0. Queenside castles (When the king ends up on c1/c8) are notated as 0-0-0. In order to castle, first lift your king and move him his two spaces. Then move the rook next to him like this:
In order to castle, there are certain rules that must be followed. Niether your king nor the rook which you are castling with could have made any moves prior to castling. Also, the king cannot pass through check, meaning that if one of the two squares that the king goes through to castle is controlled by your opponent's piece, you cannot castle to that side. For example,
Lastly, you cannot castle when your king is in check.
I have a question towards the end of this game. I got confused on the best way to double my rooks on the c file. I ended up having to trade rooks. I ended up winning this game but could have eaisly blundered with the rooks.