It is fairly rare that giving up for two pieces for a rook and pawn is the right idea. I learnt this lesson a long time ago, but for some reason such an exchange still tempts me. During a recent club game I entered a variation where I had to decide between retreating a bishop, or giving up knight and bishop for rook and pawn. Ordinarily this would be a clear cut decision in favour of retreat, but it still took me quite a while to make this choice. Fortunately this turned out to be the correct move, and taking advantage of the location of my opponents rook, I was able to find a winning tactic a few moves later.
Patterson,Miles - Press,Shaun [A29]
Korda Classic, 06.08.2019
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. d3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. a3 a5 11. Rb1 h6 12. b3 Qe6 13. Qd2 Bh3 14. b4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 axb4 16. axb4 Bb6 17. Qc2 f5 18. e3 f4 19. c5 dxc5 20. bxc5 Ra2 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. Rxb3 Bxc5 23. exf4 exf4 24. Bxf4 g5 25. Bc1 Rxf3 0-1
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