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Step 1 / 2
You're a pawn down, and it's tempting to sit the rook on a2 and guard b2. Don't. Send it behind Black's pawns instead — an active rook creates so many threats that the pawn deficit stops mattering.
Step 1 / 2
You're a pawn down, and it's tempting to sit the rook on a2 and guard b2. Don't. Send it behind Black's pawns instead — an active rook creates so many threats that the pawn deficit stops mattering.