29 Rg6-g7+ monstrous White g7-rook helps demolish Black Short vs Karjakin, 2008  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0 Magnus' 25 ... Rad8!! seeks to place Black f8-rook on f2 Naiditsch vs Carlsen, 2006  (C57) Two Knights, 54 moves, 0-1 White e7-rook laterally pins Black f7-pawn to allow 30 Qxg6+!! G Neumann vs Mayet, 1866  (C51) Evans Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0 29 ... Rxa2, 30 ... Rxa3 Black 7th rank rook whisks away pawns Bologan vs Radjabov, 2006  (B30) Sicilian, 31 moves, 0-1 How does Fischer always manage to get his rooks on 7th rank? Szabo vs Fischer, 1970  (A36) English, 37 moves, 0-1 Bu sacs d-pawn for skewer to play 28 ... Rd2+ and mate looms Jobava vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2006  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 35 moves, 0-1 White b7-rook controls d7- , f7- squares next to Black king Nijboer vs Timman, 2006  (C18) French, Winawer, 19 moves, 1-0 Rublevsky's 7th rank rampaging rook eats everything in its way Rublevsky vs Harikrishna, 2006  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 28 moves, 1-0 Powerful 7th rank rook makes even Magnus tip over his king Carlsen vs A Volokitin, 2006  (A33) English, Symmetrical, 32 moves, 0-1 Capablanca's g7-queen, h7-rook dominate the 7th rank Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0 35 Qg6 coordinates with White c7-rook against g7, forcing mate Petrosian vs G Borisenko, 1964  (A14) English, 35 moves, 1-0 Black's 7th rank rook leads counterattack against White king Yates vs Rubinstein, 1925  (C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 38 moves, 0-1 13 - Re2! Korchnoi's 7th-rank rook raises havoc, wins instantly S Tatai vs Korchnoi, 1978  (C01) French, Exchange, 14 moves, 0-1 31 Rf2xf7 gives White overwhelming middlegame position Carlsen vs Dominguez Perez, 2007  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 42 moves, 1-0 White b7-rook laterally pins Black f7-pawn to allow 20 Qg6! Bronstein vs Geller, 1961  (E27) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation, 20 moves, 1-0 23 Rc1xQc7 White c7-rook in 7th heaven dominates board Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1913  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 1-0 26 Ra1-b1! Black cannot keep White b1-rook out of the b7-square Kramnik vs Anand, 2008  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 29 moves, 1-0 22 Re2-e7 domination of the 7th rank leads kingside attack Larsen vs J H Donner, 1969  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 25 moves, 1-0 18 games