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This week is Two Rooks Week! Rooks working in pairs will be featured. We start with an easy one, but it does take some thought to come up with the best solution. One more thing: make sure Black puts up a stubborn defense! It is from a study by H. Rinck.


- Solution: 1.Raa7 Rg8 [1...Rf8 2.Rhf7 Rg8 (2...Rxf7 3.Rxf7 Kd8 4.Rf8+ Ke7 5.Rxb8) 3.Rfc7+ Kd8 4.Rd7+ Ke8 (4...Kc8 5.Rac7#) 5.Kc7 Rd8 (5...Rg3 6.Kxb8) 6.Rxd8+ Ke7 7.Rxg8 Ke6 8.Rg5 Kf6 9.Raa5 Ke6 10.Rgf5 Ke7 11.Rae5#]2.Rhc7+ Kd8 3.Rd7+ Ke8 4.Kc7 Rd8[4...Rb1 5.Ra8+]5.Rxd8+ Ke7 6.Rxg8 Ke6 7.Rg5 Kf6 8.Raa5 Kf7 9.Kd7 Kf8 10.Raf5#

 


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