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Examples with Two Rooks against others.
[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1854"] [Round ""] [White "Cook=E"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1854"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "5"] [FEN "5r2/8/8/4K3/3r4/4k3/6R1/2R5 w - - 0 1"] 1.Rc3+ ( 1.Re1+ $2 Kd3 2.Rd1+ Ke3 3.Rxd4 Re8+ ) 1...Rd3 2.Rg3+ Rf3 3.Rxf3+ 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1940"] [Round ""] [White "Prokes=L"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1940"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "11"] [FEN "5k1r/R5R1/3n4/4p3/8/8/6K1/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Rgd7 $1 ( 1.Rg6 $2 Nf7 $1 2.Rf6 Rh7 ) ( 1.Rad7 $2 Rh6 ) 1...Ne8 ( 1...Rg8+ { <main>} 2.Kh3 $1 ( 2.Kf1 $2 Rg6 3.Ra6 Rf6+ 4.Ke2 Ne8 ) ( 2.Kf2 $2 Rg6 3.Ra6 Rf6+ 4.Ke2 Ne8 ) 2...Rh8+ 3.Kg4 $1 ( 3.Kg3 $2 Rh6 $1 ) 3...Rg8+ 4.Kh5 $1 Rh8+ 5.Kg6 $1 Rg8+ 6.Kh7 ) ( 1...Rh6 {<main>} 2.Ra6 $1 Nf7 ( 2...Rg6+ 3.Kh3 $1 Rh6+ 4.Kg4 $1 Rg6+ 5.Kh5 ) 3.Rxf7+ Kxf7 4.Rxh6 ) 2.Rf7+ Kg8 3.Rfe7 $1 Kf8 4.Rxe8+ $1 Kxe8 5.Ra8+ Kf7 6.Rxh8 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1964"] [Round ""] [White "Olmutsky=L"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1964"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "21"] [FEN "8/8/8/k7/8/2R4R/1p1p3K/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Ra3+ Kb4 2.Rab3+ $1 ( 2.Rhb3+ $2 Kc4 3.Rc3+ Kb4 4.Rab3+ Ka4 5.Rd3 d1=Q 6.Rxd1 Kxb3 ) 2...Kc4 ( 2...Ka4 {<main>} 3.Rbg3 $1 d1=Q ( 3...b1=Q 4.Rh4+ ( 4.Rg4+ $2 Kb5 5.Rh5+ Kc6 ) 4...Kb5 5.Rg5+ Kc6 6.Rh6+ Kd7 7.Rg7+ ) 4.Rh4+ Kb5 5.Rg5+ Kc6 6.Rh6+ Kd7 7.Rg7+ Kc8 8.Rh8+ Qd8 9.Rxd8+ Kxd8 {<eg>} 10.Rb7 ) 3.Rhc3+ ( 3.Rbc3+ $2 Kd4 4.Rhd3+ Ke4 5.Rb3 b1=Q 6.Rxb1 Kxd3 ) 3...Kd4 4.Rd3+ Kc4 5.Rbc3+ $1 Kb4 ( 5...Kb5 6.Rd8 ) 6.Rc7 $1 ( 6.Rc8 $2 b1=Q 7.Rb8+ ( 7.Rd7 Qe4 $1 ) 7...Kc4 8.Rxb1 Kxd3 ) 6...b1=Q 7.Rd8 $1 ( 7.Rb7+ $2 Kc4 ) 7...Qe4 ( 7...d1=Q 8.Rb8+ Ka3 9.Ra7+ Qa4 10.Rxa4+ Kxa4 11.Rxb1 ) ( 7...Qf1 8.Rb8+ Ka5 9.Ra7+ Qa6 10.Rxa6+ Kxa6 11. Rd8 ) ( 7...Ka5 8.Ra8+ Kb6 9.Rb8+ Kxc7 10.Rxb1 Kc6 11.Rd1 ) ( 7...Ka3 8.Ra7+ Kb2 9.Rb7+ Kc1 10.Rxb1+ Kxb1 11.Rxd2 ) ( 7...Qd1 8.Rb8+ Ka3 9.Ra7+ Qa4 10.Rxa4+ Kxa4 11.Rd8 ) 8.Rb8+ Ka3 9.Ra7+ Qa4 10.Rxa4+ Kxa4 {<eg>} 11.Rd8 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1970"] [Round "2"] [White "Afanasiev=G Dvizov=E"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1970"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "9"] [FEN "8/K7/7p/R6R/p7/8/6p1/5k2 w - - 0 1"] 1.Raf5+ ( 1.Rhf5+ $2 Ke1 2.Rae5+ Kd1 3.Rg5 hxg5 4.Rxg5 Kc2 ) 1...Ke1 2.Rc5 $1 g1=Q 3.Rh1 $1 Qxh1 4.Rc1+ Kd2 5.Rxh1 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1972"] [Round ""] [White "Hoch=Y"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1972"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "14"] [FEN "5k2/8/7K/4pr2/4R3/6R1/5p2/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Rxe5 $1 Rf6+ ( 1...f1=Q 2.Rg8+ Kf7 3.Rf8+ Kxf8 4.Rxf5+ Qxf5 ) ( 1...Rf4 2. Rgg5 f1=Q ( 2...Rh4+ 3.Kg6 ) ( 2...Rf6+ 3.Kh7 ) 3.Rgf5+ Rxf5 4.Rxf5+ Qxf5 ) ( 1...Rf7 2.Rge3 Rf6+ 3.Kh7 Rf7+ 4.Kh6 ) 2.Kh7 $1 Rf7+ ( 2...f1=Q 3.Rg8+ Kf7 4. Rg7+ Kf8 5.Rg8+ ) ( 2...Rf4 3.Rg8+ Kf7 4.Rg7+ Kf6 5.Ra5 f1=Q 6.Rg6+ ) 3.Kh8 $1 Rf4 4.Rg4 $1 ( 4.Rgg5 $2 Rh4+ 5.Rh5 f1=Q 6.Rxh4 Qf6+ 7.Kh7 Qg7# ) ( 4.Rg8+ $2 Kf7 5.Rg7+ Kf6 6.Rge7 f1=Q 7.R7e6+ Kf7 8.Re7+ Kg6 9.R7e6+ Rf6 ) 4...Rf3 ( 4... f1=Q {<main>} 5.Rxf4+ Qxf4 6.Rf5+ Qxf5 ) 5.Rg3 $1 f1=Q ( 5...Rf6 6.Rg8+ ) 6. Rxf3+ Qxf3 7.Rf5+ Qxf5 1/2-1/2
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1976"] [Round ""] [White "Hoch=Y Aloni=H"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1976"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "15"] [FEN "8/8/6n1/8/K7/R3p3/2Rp4/3k4 w - - 0 1"] 1.Rcc3 ( 1.Rc8 $2 Ke2 2.Rc2 Ne5 3.Kb4 Nd3+ 4.Kc3 Nf2 5.Kd4 Kf1 ) 1...Ne5 ( 1... Nf4 2.Rxe3 Ne2 3.Ra1+ Nc1 4.Rc3 ) 2.Rxe3 $1 Nc4 ( 2...Ng4 3.Ra1+ Kc2 4.Re2 Kd3 5.Rg2 Ne3 6.Ra3+ ) 3.Ra1+ Kc2 4.Re2 Kd3 ( 4...Kb2 5.Rh1 Kc2 6.Kb4 ) ( 4...Nb2+ 5.Ka3 Kd3 6.Rxd2+ ) 5.Rh2 $1 ( 5.Rg2 $2 Nb2+ 6.Kb3 d1=Q+ 7.Kxb2 Qh5 ) 5...Nb2+ 6.Kb3 ( 6.Ka3 {<or>} ) 6...d1=Q+ 7.Kxb2 $1 Qg4 8.Ra3+ 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1976"] [Round ""] [White "Gurgenidze=D"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1976"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "27"] [FEN "3R4/r1b5/1R6/8/2k5/8/p1K5/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Rc6+ Kb5 2.Rxc7 $1 a1=Q 3.Rb8+ Ka6 4.Rc6+ Ka5 5.Rc5+ Ka4 6.Rc4+ Ka3 7.Rb3+ $1 Ka2 8.Rbb4 $1 ( 8.Rb7 $2 Qg1 ) 8...Ra3 9.Kd2 $1 Rh3 10.Ra4+ Ra3 11.Rab4 $1 Qe5 12.Rc2+ Ka1 13.Rc1+ Ka2 14.Rc2+ 1/2-1/2
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1991"] [Round ""] [White "Gurgenidze=D"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1991"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "14"] [FEN "3R1K2/8/1r4r1/8/8/8/1p2R3/7k w - - 0 1"] 1.Rd1+ Rg1 2.Rdd2 $1 Rg8+ $1 ( 2...Rb8+ 3.Kf7 Rb7+ 4.Kf8 Rf1+ 5.Ke8 ) 3.Kxg8 Rg6+ $1 4.Kh8 $1 b1=Q ( 4...Rh6+ 5.Kg7 b1=Q 6.Kxh6 ) 5.Rh2+ Kg1 6.Rdg2+ $1 Rxg2 7.Rh1+ $1 Kxh1 1/2-1/2
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1993"] [Round ""] [White "Tarasiuk=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1993"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "29"] [FEN "7k/4R1R1/8/1r3p2/8/K7/1p6/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Rh7+ Kg8 2.Reg7+ Kf8 3.Rc7 $1 ( 3.Ra7 $2 b1=N+ $1 ) 3...Kg8 4.Rhd7 Rb3+ $1 5. Ka4 $1 Rb4+ 6.Ka5 Rb5+ 7.Ka6 Rb8 8.Rg7+ Kf8 9.Rcf7+ Ke8 10.Rg8+ Kxf7 11.Rxb8 Ke6 12.Rxb2 Kd5 13.Kb5 f4 14.Rb4 $1 Ke5 15.Kc4 $1 1-0
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