Lesson 20 Best Way to Use Your Rooks

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Lesson 20Best Way to Use Your Rooks
Chess for Kids
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1. Do Not bring your Rooks out Early

• They are really good at the end of the game
• They are too valuable to be captured early
• Requires too much effort to develop early

Takes rook 3 moves to control the center. Takes
knight 1.
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2. Place Rooks on Open Files

• Split the board in two
• Without pawns in the way, they can jump from one
  side to the other easily.

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3. Place Two Rooks on the Same File

• Protect each other
• Increase their strength

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4. Place Rook on 7th Rank (row)

• Attacks many pieces on that row
• Keeps the king pinned to back row