#Brilliant Rook sacrifice

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Game - https://www.chess.com/game/daily/911109109

Move - 26. Rxe5
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/daily/911109109/review?move=50
I made this move because it inevitably leads to checkmate.

If Black captures the rook with Qxe5, they get mated in two moves:

  1. Rd8+ Qe8
  2. Rxe8#

If Black tries to save the queen, they are checkmated on the next move: Re8#.

And if Black somehow tries to avoid checkmate, for example with Rb8, they simply lose the queen and inevitably get checkmated within at most five moves.