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I like chess but I'm bad at strategy at it, I do like you said at first and just sort of wing every move

pyresword posted...

--Rg1 does look reasonable. It trades off white's good rook (though I would probably respond Kc2 as white) and for the moment leaves white's knight passive if he accepts the trade. However, I think it also might be that black wants to maximize the value of having 2 active rooks while he has the chance, and trading now might lead the game more straightforwardly into a draw.

What is meant by "active" in this case? Is it cause the white rooks are kind of locked in more by their own other pieces? Does a player typically want their rooks in the same column?
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