00:00And skewer, we already learned it, remember.
00:05And also it's quite important to know that there are other maneuvers.
00:13So what would be the best location for the rook if white pawn is on a6 and king is gradually approaching?
00:22So just to remember that the best position of the rook will be on the side.
00:26Because when the king is approaching, then you start checking.
00:31And you always keep an eye.
00:32If pawn goes on a7, you go rook a6.
00:35So when you always have from here, f6 on g6, you always have opportunities to attack the king when it's approaching.
00:43So you probably can figure it out.
00:46That definitely the best position of the rook is behind enemy's pawn.
00:51Sometimes on the side.
00:52Because by doing so, you're attacking the past pawn, and also you are limiting the activity of opponent's rook.
01:00It works even if you have many pawns here.
01:02Let's say you have three pawns.
01:06Still the same.
01:07If your rook is behind enemy's pawn, you can do two things.
01:13You are limiting the activity of white's rook, but also you're attacking pawns here.
01:19And you're preventing king from activating.
01:22And then you can start creating some counterplay by f6, g5.
01:26So just making sure that white king cannot walk away without losing pawns on that side.
01:32Now, imagine that white rook goes on c6, for instance.
01:40Especially if the pawn is not rook pawn, but knight pawn.
01:44Of course, any movement of the pawn to the center makes it more difficult.
01:48So because b pawn will be better for white, c pawn, yes, c pawn is probably as good.
01:54Because it's what's important that here we have more chances of activating the king, even sacrificing some pawn.
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