This is a game I just finished. I thought this move was especially devastating even though black was already clearly winning:
And here is a link to the full game:
http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=64715
Moving the rook to threaten the queen was very bad on white's part--once the black bishop takes the white queen, black only needs to move Knight to c3 and fork the king + rook, rubbing salt in the wound and further sealing white's fate. Even if White does see this move, he not only lost a Queen but he loses the initiative by having to waste a move preventing the fork.
Rather than threaten the black Queen, white should have realized his mistake and cut his losses, taking the rook with the Queen before she met her fate. And then it becomes interesting, since if white moves Rb1 to threaten the queen as in the example above and the black Queen "escapes" to Qc4 again, the 2nd Rook can move to c1. Here black could make any number of mistakes with the Queen being in such poor company, but more importantly White has developed his Rooks and even has an open path down b.
Black will still likely win the game, but taking a rook in the process of losing your Queen sure beats getting nothing--and with black having both rooks still stuck in the corners, White arguably still has a fighting chance(for a few moves at least) considering a knight+rook+rook vs knight+queen is a virtual tie.
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jayJay Ssan jose, ca, United States
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