Pull Him onto the File
Part of the Checkmate Patterns I section of Coddy's Tactics & Checkmates journey. Lesson 23 of 40.
These mates need two things: a knight already placed, and the king standing on the open file. Both can be bought. Hand him the queen on h7 and he has to take her - a decoy that lands him exactly where your rook is waiting.
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WatchThree white moves, and he never gets a choice.
The starting position.
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