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 "White player"]
[Black "Black player"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r1bqkb1r/pp1p3p/n1p1p1p1/8/3PB3/3Q1N2/PPP2PPP/RNB1K2R b KQkq - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ Too Many Pawn Moves.|Here is a position from one of my games where I as
white developed more of my pieces than pawns. Black developed more pawns than
pieces. Black believes he can win a bishop for the price of only a pawn or
two.|The price is much higher.|Instead, black should play 1. ... Qf6 in
this position to hold his king side together. } 1... d5 { Black seemingly
traps white's bishop. However, Black has neglected his piece development. He
will not win with pawns alone. } ( 1... Qf6 2. Bg5 Qg7 3. Qe3 d5 4. Bd3 Nb4 5. Ne5 h6 6. Bf4 g5 7. Bg3 Nxd3+ 8. Nxd3 Qg6 9. Nd2 h5 10. h3 b6 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. Nf3 h4 13. Nde5 Qf5 14. Bh2 Bd7 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Qa3 Qf8 17. Qa6 Qc8 18. Qe2 Bf6 19. Ne5+ Ke8 20. Rd3 a5 21. Rf3 Be7 22. Ng6 Rh7 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Re3 Kd8 25. Rxe6 Kc8 26. Nxe7+ Kb7 27. Qd3 Rf7 28. Nxc6 Rc8 29. Re7 Rxc6 30. Rxd7+ Rxd7 31. Qb5 { White wins with a large material and positional
advantage. } ) 2. Bxg6+ { White has so many pieces actively developed and
poised for attack that he can afford to sacrifice one while black's pieces
can only watch the horror from their inactive squares. } 2... hxg6 3. Qxg6+ Kd7 4. Bf4 Qe8 ( 4... Bd6 5. Qg7+ Qe7 6. Qxh8 Bxf4 { White wins with a large
material advantage. } 7. Nc3 Nb4 8. g3 Bd6 ( 8... Nxc2+ 9. Kd1 Nxa1 10. gxf4 Qd6 11. Ne5+ Kc7 12. Rg1 b5 13. Rg8 Rb8 14. h4 ) 9. O-O-O Rb8 10. h4 Kc7 11. a3 Bd7 12. Qh6 Na6 13. h5 b5 14. Qg5 Qxg5+ 15. Nxg5 e5 16. Nf7 exd4 17. Rxd4 Bc5 18. Rf4 Re8 19. b4 Bd6 20. Nxd6 Kxd6 21. Rf6+ Ke5 22. Rg6 Bf5 23. Re1+ Kd4 24. Rd1+ Kxc3 25. Rxc6+ Nc5 26. Rxc5# ) 5. Ne5+ Kd8 6. Nf7+ Kd7 7. Nxh8 Qxg6 8. Nxg6 { White wins with a large material advantage. } *