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Grivas on the Mad Rook
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The theme of the Mad Rook is an easy one to understand, but of course, a much more complicated matter to implement.
The defending side puts his king into a stalemate position, after which the remaining piece (a rook or even a queen) becomes suicidal, offering itself for capture.
The only way to escape the mad rook is to capture it with a move that relieves the stalemate.
And here are the annotated games in which a mad rook played a decisive role:In the above replay window you can click the fan button to start an engine.
Have fun looking at and learning from the Mad Rook positions.