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Heavy pieces on back rank easily overworked
Compiled by notyetagm
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26 Bh5xf7+! Black f8-rook cannot defend f7-square along f-file
Anand vs J Ye, 1989 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

27 Qh6-f6!! Black f8-rook must defend loose g8-mating square
J Werle vs P K Wells, 2008 
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 27 moves, 1-0

28 Qf3xRa8! Black f8-rook must defend a8-rook,f7-mating square
Shirov vs Fridman, 2008 
(D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 25 moves, 1-0

45 Rd3-c3! Black c8-rook must defend loose g8-promotion square
Anand vs Kramnik, 2008 
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 47 moves, 1-0

34 Nd5-e7+! Black e8-rook defends 2-2 loose f8-bishop,square
Ivanchuk vs Topalov, 1996 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 34 moves, 1-0

31 Rd7xf7! Black f8-rook must guard b8-rook from White f4-queen
Aronian vs Ivanchuk, 2008 
(A04) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 1-0

20 ... Qd5xf3+! White f1-rook cannot defend both f3-,d1-squares
L Petovic vs A Chudinovskikh, 2009 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 0-1

31 .. Qa6-e6!, 32 ... Qa2-e2! White e1-rook protect d1-square
J L Hammer vs Anand, 2010 
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 42 moves, 0-1

34 ... Qf4xf2+! mates as White f1-rook must protect b1-check sq
Caruana vs Svidler, 2010 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 45 moves, 1-0

32 ... Qd4-f2! 0-1 White f1-rook must protect e1-mating square
N Khurtsidze vs X Zhao, 2012 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 0-1

Reshevsky vs Fischer, 1970 
(A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 30 moves, 0-1

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