[Event "sharath_dt's study videos: Checkmate with Rook"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/uZhSLKhx/iLXU5VOi"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/sharath_dt"] [FEN "8/8/8/4k3/8/8/8/R3K3 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [UTCDate "2020.11.28"] [UTCTime "10:34:49"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/uZhSLKhx/iLXU5VOi"] [Orientation "white"] { 1. Create a fence(boundary) around the King so that it doesn't escape. 2. Get the opponent's King to one of the edges and then to a corner. 3. Checkmate } 1. Rd1 Kf4 { [%csl Gd3][%cal Gd1d3,Gd3h3,Gd3d8] } 2. Ke2 (2. Rd3 Ke5 { [%csl Gd4][%cal Gd3d4] } 3. Ke2 Ke4 { [%csl Ge4] } 4. Kd2 Kf4 5. Re3 Kf5 { [%cal Ge3e8,Ge3h3] } 6. Ke2 Kf4 7. Kf2 Kg5 8. Rf3 Kg4 9. Kg2 Kg5 { [%csl Gf4,Gg3,Rg5][%cal Gf3f4,Gf3g3,Bg5e5,Rg5f4] } 10. Kg3 Kh5 11. Rf4 Kg5 12. Kf3 Kh5 13. Rg4 Kh6 { [%cal Gh1h8] } 14. Kf4 Kh5 { [%csl Gh8] } 15. Kf5 Kh6 16. Rg5 Kh7 17. Rg6 Kh8 18. Kf6 (18. Ke6 Kh7 19. Kf6 Kh8 20. Kf7 Kh7 21. Rg1 (21. Rd6 Kh8) (21. Ra6 Kh8 22. Rh6#) (21. Kf6 Kh8 22. Ke7 Kh7 23. Kf7 Kh8 24. Rh6#) 21... Kh6 { [%csl Gh7,Gh6][%cal Gh7h6] }) 18... Kh7 19. Kf7 (19. Ke7 Kxg6) 19... Kh8 20. Rh6#) 2... Ke4 3. Rd3 Kf4 4. Re3 Kg4 5. Rf3 Kg5 { [%csl Bf3][%cal Bf3f8,Bf3h3] } 6. Kf2 Kg4 7. Kg2 Kg5 8. Kg3 Kh5 9. Rf4 Kg5 10. Kf3 Kh5 11. Rg4 Kh6 { [%cal Gh1h8] } 12. Kf4 Kh5 13. Kf5 Kh6 14. Rg5 Kh7 15. Rg6 Kh8 16. Kf6 Kh7 17. Kf7 Kh8 18. Rh6# *