Amazing rook sacrifice

2 MINUTES PER MOVE!!!!!! not time control for the whole game, we each had 2 minutes each to move each move :D

This is one of my most amazing endings ever, i think >_<, well its a against mightypawn OTB at a school....., time control is 2 minutes per move

As you can see, it was equal until that, i think >_<, well anyways i thought this was unique in itself, what do you think?!

After 1. ... Kf7, white can win a knight with 2. Rxc6+, but black's king can run to the back rank, and I don't see a mate.

dude, i know kf7, but if he does that, hes lost anyways

Nicely done, especially without any hints!

You just have to see what squares are covered by the minor pieces. If you pay attention to that, the answer becomes fairly clear. I hope I'll be able to play like this in all of my games! XD

I suppose the caption of the thread makes it that much easier.

You can see an ending where you're down by three minor pieces for a rook though, surely? 

not really, thats a lost endgame, 2 minors is already better than a rook there, especially since they are 2 bishops, and to add a knight to that wouldnt really give black hope

Not to mention White's rook dominates the seventh rank and Black's rooks are stuck in awful positions. White is totally dominant after Kf7, the ending in the game was nice though, nice find :-)

Nice trick.

Very nice, but I would hardly call this position even ... Nh4+ Kh5 (Kf6 Re6+) g3 also wins, by more than an exchange. 

Me neither, but I like this line: 1. Re6+ Kf7 2. Ng5+ Kf8 3. b3 g6 (Rd3 Ba6 loses exchange and pawn) 4. Ba3+ Kg7 5. d5 Nd4 6. Re7+ Kf6 7. h4 Nxh7+ 8. RxN RxR 9. Ke5 Rxc7

Hmm, I suppose 2. RxN and 3. Rxc7 is a lot easier.

After 1. ...Kf7; 2. Rxc6+ and 3. Rxc7 and I personally fancy my chances against Anand and Kramnik rolled into one...

well, you are up 2 bishops and a knight for a rook, and the king is in the center! :D

Nice sacrifice. I think there's one like that in Tactics Trainer. Like almost the exact position.

lol, well this one came in an actual game so........im good like that :D

nice sacrifice... awesome in a 2 min game

I have an ongoing affair with pawn checkmates. I enjoyed that one thoroughly

Don't think I woulda gotten that if I not for the title >_<

AWESOME!!!!!

Outstanding!