[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Round "0"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "R7/P4k2/8/8/8/1K6/8/r7 w - - 0 1"]
1. Rh8! Rxa7 2. Rh7+ Kg6 3. Rxa7 
1-0
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[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Round "0"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Hiding"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[FEN "7R/8/8/8/K7/8/1k5p/7r w - - 0 1"]
1. Kb4 Kc2 2. Kc4 Kd2 3. Kd4 Ke2 4. Ke4 Kf2 5. Kf4 Kg2 6. Rg8+ Kh3 7. Rh8+ Kg2
8. Rg8+ Kf2 9. Rh8 Rf1 
10. Rxh2+ Kg1+ 11. Kg3 1/2-1/2
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[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Round "0"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Driving Off"]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "K6R/P2k4/8/8/8/8/8/1r6 w - - 0 1"]
1. Rb8 Rc1 2. Kb7 Rb1+ 3. Ka6 Ra1+ 4. Kb6 Rb1+ 5. Kc5 Rc1+ 6. Kd4 Rd1+ 7. Ke3
Re1+ 8. Kd2 1-0
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[Event "Rated Classical game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/KrzP88SG"]
[Date "2016.08.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "arsalanmansor"]
[Black "deeb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2016.08.21"]
[UTCTime "13:43:37"]
[WhiteElo "1951"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+12"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-11"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "900+0"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 { C62 Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense } 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe1 Rb8 12. b3 a5?! { (-0.16 ? 0.42) Inaccuracy. Best move was c5. } (12... c5 13. Rb1 Re8 14. Qe3 Nh7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. c3 Nf8 17. Nc4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Ne6 19. Rfd1) 13. a4 Qd7 14. Rc1 Qe6 15. Qe3 Rb6?! { (0.30 ? 0.96) Inaccuracy. Best move was g5. } (15... g5 16. Bg3 Ra8 17. Rce1 c5 18. Nc4 Nd7 19. Bh2 Bg6 20. g4 Nb6 21. Nxb6 cxb6 22. Nd2) 16. Nc4?! { (0.96 ? 0.36) Inaccuracy. Best move was d4. } (16. d4 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 exd4 18. Nxd4 Qe5 19. Nf5 Re8 20. f4 Qe6 21. Qg3 Nh5 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7) 16... Ra6 17. Ncd2 Nd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. d4 c5 20. d5 Bg6 21. Nc4 Nf6 22. Nfd2 Rb8 23. f4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Rb4 25. Rcf1 Rxc4? { (0.30 ? 1.43) Mistake. Best move was Nd7. } (25... Nd7 26. Re1 Ra8 27. Qf2 Ne5 28. Re3 Qg5 29. Nxe5 Qxe5 30. c3 Rbb8 31. Nc4 Qg5 32. h4) 26. Nxc4 Nxe4? { (1.13 ? 3.58) Mistake. Best move was Nh5. } (26... Nh5 27. R4f2) 27. Rxe4?? { (3.58 ? -1.48) Blunder. Best move was Nd2. } (27. Nd2 Ra8 28. Rxe4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Qxe4 30. Nxe4 Re8 31. Nc3 Re5 32. Rf2 Kf8 33. Rd2 h5) 27... Qxe4 28. Qxe4 Bxe4 29. Re1? { (-1.43 ? -2.49) Mistake. Best move was Ne3. } (29. Ne3 Ra8 30. g4 f6 31. Rf2 Kf7 32. Kh2 g5 33. Kg3 Re8 34. Rd2 Kg6 35. h4 gxh4+) 29... Bxc2 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Rc8? { (-2.38 ? -4.20) Mistake. Best move was Rb8. } (31. Rb8 Ra7 32. Na3 Bd3 33. Kf2 Kg6 34. g4 Kf6 35. Ke3 Bf1 36. Kf2 Ba6 37. Nc4 Bb7) 31... Ra7? { (-4.20 ? -2.64) Mistake. Best move was Bxb3. } (31... Bxb3 32. Na3) 32. Nd2 f6 33. Kf2 g5 34. Ke3 Kg6 35. g4?! { (-2.44 ? -3.18) Inaccuracy. Best move was Rg8+. } (35. Rg8+ Kf7 36. Rb8 f5 37. Ke2 Kf6 38. Rh8 Rb7 39. Rxh6+ Kg7 40. Rh5 Kg6 41. Rh8 Bxb3) 35... Rb7 36. Ra8? { (-3.13 ? -4.81) Mistake. Best move was Nc4. } (36. Nc4 Rxb3+ 37. Kd2 Be4 38. Rxc7 Rd3+ 39. Ke1 Bg2 40. Nxd6 Bxh3 41. Nc4 Rxd5 42. Nxa5 Rd4) 36... Bxb3 37. Nxb3 Rxb3+ 38. Kf2 Rd3?! { (-4.60 ? -4.05) Inaccuracy. Best move was Rxh3. } (38... Rxh3 39. Rxa5) 39. Rxa5 Rxd5?! { (-4.22 ? -3.68) Inaccuracy. Best move was Rxh3. } (39... Rxh3 40. Ra8 Rh4 41. Rg8+ Kh7 42. Rc8 Rxg4 43. a5 Kg6 44. Rxc7 Kf5 45. Re7 Ra4 46. Re6) 40. Ra7 c6?! { (-4.03 ? -3.15) Inaccuracy. Best move was Rd2+. } (40... Rd2+) 41. a5 c4 42. a6 Ra5 43. Ra8 c3 44. Ke2 d5 45. a7 Kf7?? { (-2.93 ? 2.64) Blunder. Best move was Ra2+. } (45... Ra2+) 46. Kd3?? { (2.64 ? -1.41) Blunder. Best move was Rh8. } (46. Rh8 Rxa7 47. Rh7+ Ke6 48. Rxa7 f5 49. Kd3 c2 50. Kxc2 fxg4 51. hxg4 Ke5 52. Rf7 Ke4) 46... Ra3?? { (-1.41 ? 3.61) Blunder. Best move was Kg7. } (46... Kg7 47. Kxc3 c5 48. Kc2 d4 49. Kb3 d3 50. Kc3 Ra3+ 51. Kd2 c4 52. Rc8 Rxa7 53. Rxc4) 47. Rh8 c2+?! { (2.78 ? 3.63) Inaccuracy. Best move was f5. } (47... f5 48. a8=Q) 48. Kxc2 Kg7?? { (3.10 ? 46.13) Blunder. Best move was f5. } (48... f5 49. a8=Q Rxa8 50. Rxa8 fxg4 51. hxg4 h5 52. gxh5 Kg7 53. Kd3 Kh6 54. Rh8+ Kg7 55. Rd8) 49. a8=Q Rxa8 50. Rxa8 Kf7?? { (6.35 ? 46.55) Blunder. Best move was f5. } (50... f5 51. Rc8) 51. Rc8 { Black resigns. } 1-0
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Rook skewer

Pattern # 56 This technique is explained in ebook Encyclopedia of Chess Patterns 1-101

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