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| pyresword 03/13/20 1:40:36 PM #11: | Emeraldegg posted... 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? Yeah "active" just means free to move around the board, and in this case I'm saying white's rooks aren't as active because he's got other pieces in the way. I'd say a lot of times connected rooks is good, but mostly because it provides you with an avenue by which to easily activate your rooks and infiltrate the opponent's position while making it harder to challenge them. Incidentally though, I put this position into a computer and one of its top choices is Re8, which is not a move I totally see the appeal of. It controls both open files, but it's not super clear to me that that is worthwhile. --- Oh woops. Putting Advokaiser in my sig like this until I think of something more clever ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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