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The compositions selected in recent days have been purposely picked for their scant number of pieces. It gives you a real appreciation of the power, opportunities and subtleties of these pieces’ movements. This problem shows what the rooks can and can’t do. Another instructive study by Rinck.


Solution:

White corners the king with: 1.Rd7+ Kg8 [1...Kh8 2.Kh6 Red8 3.Rg7 Re8 4.Rfg6 Red8 5.Rh7#] 2.Kh6 h4 3.Rg7+ Kh8 4.Rfg6 with mate to follow. Interestingly enough, if Black didn’t have the pawn, it would be a draw: 1.Rd7+ Kg8 2.Kh6 Rc1 3.Rg7+ Kh8 4.Rfg6 Rh1+

 

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