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This week is Two Rooks Week! This is our last example—a composition by Prokes. The two rooks in this composition have their work cut out for them as two Black pawns are about to promote to queens.


- Solution: Every chess teacher shows their students how to mate with two rooks vs. a king. Prokes takes that principle of coordination and puts it into an enjoyable an instructive problem. 1.Kg3 c1Q [1...h1=Q 2.Rxh1]2.Rb7+ Ke6 [2...Kc6 3.Rc8+; 2...Kd6 3.Rh6+ Kd5 (3...Kc5 4.Rc7+) 4.Rb5+ Kd4 (4...Kc4 5.Rc6+) 5.Rh4+ Kd3 6.Rb3+ Kc2 7.Rc4+ Kxb3 8.Rxc1] 3.Rh6+ Kf5 4.Rb5+ Ke4 5.Rh4+ Kd3 6.Rb3+ Kd2 7.Rxh2+ Kd1 8.Rh1+

 


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