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3rd rank rook deployment . 11 games, 1890-2009 Cool Games Archive 35 games, 1843-2013 Eliminating Counterplay This series of games looks at how to eliminate counterplay before going for victory. 2 games, 1924 Exceptions to the "rules" You know the usual "rules" that I'm talking about--develop quickly, castle early, keep your king safe during the middlegame, two bishops are better than two knights in open positions but not in closed positions, doubled pawns are bad and tripled pawns are worse, etc. etc. Here are games which illustrate that these "rules" sometimes have exceptions. 41 games, 1863-2017 G. Weak Squares and Weak Diagonals 15 games, 1884-1994 PASSED PAWN VERSUS ROOK TRICK: ADJ FILE -Whenever- you see an enemy rook on a <FILE ADJACENT> to your <ADVANCED PASSED PAWN> (White a7-rook, Black b3-passer in R Bertholee vs J Polgar, 1990 below), you should be thinking about this tactical trick. --- R Bertholee vs J Polgar, 1990 <syracrophy: After 35.Rxa7 it makes a perfect Wednesday puzzle (Black to play 35...?)> Black to play: 35 ... ? click for larger view What does Black want to play in this position? Place the Black d4-rook behind the passed Black b3-pawn and promote it, right? So that is exactly what GM Judit Polgar does! With 35 ... ♖d4-b4!!. Position after 35 ... ♖d4-b4!!-+ click for larger view The point is that Polgar is using the old <PASSED PAWN VERSUS ROOK TRICK> to promote her passed Black b3-pawn after 36 a3x♖b4 b3-b2. Position after 36 a3x♖b4 b3-b2-+ click for larger view What a <TACTICAL MONSTER> GM Judit Polgar is! --- 17 games, 1938-2014 Passed Pawns 12 games, 1862-2012 Pun games/funny positions Pun games:games that almost fit the pun of the day.Also,games with a humerous position-during or after the game. 96 games, 1846-2008 Réti 1 Reti with e3 2 Reti with g3 3 Reti Advanced 4 Reti QGA - Queen's Gambit Accepted 5 Reti Early c5 6 Reti with Rg1 7 a6 20 games, 1997-2022 the pawns decide a series of games in which a pawn or multiple pawns dominate a position and tip the scales of a decision. 137 games, 1834-2017