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Questions relating to the initial moves of the game and their aims

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How should rooks be developed in the opening?

The opening is definitely a weak area in my chess game and I always feel like my rooks sit unused until well into the middle game (?). … Is that just how things go, or is there a strategy that allows development of the rooks in the opening? I'm aware of castling as a way to get a rook towards the middle files (of course). …
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