Aggressive Rook in the Ending
Tarrasch – Thorold, Manchester 1890
"In a rook and pawn ending the rook must be used aggressively. It must either attack enemy pawns or give active support to the advance of one's own pawns to the back rank."--Siegbert Tarrasch
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1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qh5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 e5 9. Nxe5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nxe5 11. Re1 f6 12. f4 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 Bf5 15. fxe5 O-O-O 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 fxe5 18. Rac1+ Kb8 19. Rxe5 Nf6 20. Rce1 Rhe8 21. Rxe8 Nxe8 22. Re7 a6 23. Nb3 b6 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxe8+ Kc7 26. Re3 Kd7 27. Kf2 g6 28. Rh3 h5 29. Ke3 Rd6 30. d4 Re6+ 31. Kd3 Re1 32. Rg3 Re6 33. Re3 Rd6 34. Re5 Rf6 35. a4 Rf2 36. Re2 Rf6 37. b4 Rf1 38. Re5 Rf2 39. Rg5 Rf6 40. h3 Kd6 41. Ke4 Re6+ 42. Re5 Rf6 43. d5 Kd7 44. Rg5 Kd6 45. Rg3 Ke7 46. Rf3 Rd6 47. Ke5 Rd8 48. d6+ Kd7 49. Rf7+ Kc8 50. Rc7+ Kb8 51. Rc2 Re8+ 52. Kf6 b5 53. d7 Rh8 54. Ke7 Rh7+ 55. Kd6 Rh8 56.Re2 1-0 |