r/GothamChess 1d ago

He Sacked the ROOOOOK

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u/AdvertisingEastern34 23h ago

Rc8+ would have been also good right? After rook takes and the second rook takes there's the same checkmate pattern

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u/FestusPowerLoL 23h ago

If there was a knight on that square then Rc8+ doesn't work, and I'd assume that the game would give Rxa7 a miss if it was just a pawn there.