Checkmate with a Rook: Essential Endgame Techniques

Let's start by making a box

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We Have made a box by pushing our rook to f4

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we will oppose the King with ours and make the box smaller

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when we reach a situation like this and give a check

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we will keep repeating the same process

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Until The king is forced to the back rank

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Then we will follow knight opposition to the king

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AND...

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Mate!

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