I was playing a daily game recently…and I felt very tempted to take the h8 rook oh move 14 and then reroute around and go back for the other one.
I didn't…because I could see it was much more valuable to take out the d8 rook instead. This performs a kind of positional annihilation almost; that rook is the main thing keeping me from doing much to attack without wasting tempos. If I move my bishop I lose my queen and if I move my queen I have to be very careful to do it without blundering the bishop.
I often used to make the mistake of grabbing material just to grab material and I'm proud of myself for not doing that this time around.
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/daily/705400549?tab=review&move=24
- Bernard Ducharme 6 months ago
well played. The rook on d8 was the most active of both rooks and it was better to take it. Besides, it was impossible for the king to take it back without walking into the discovery (and he did, and he lost).