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Brilliant but why !?

4mon 22d ago by lemmy.ml/u/chessmate in chess@lemmy.ml from lemmy.ml

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After rxe7, Rd8+ kxd8, rb8#

Its a smother of sorts. Pawn controls an important square (d7) . And the rook that was forced to e7 by the knight sac blocks the only other potential escape square.

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Because after Rd8+ Kxd8, Rb8#

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That's mate right? I can't see where the king can move without being eaten (I'm bad at chess I only know the basics)

True but the rook can capture the knight, so mate is forced but not yet. See the other answers.

Pretty sure I just saw the king snort a line of coke. Not sure what his plan is though.