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Nothing is forcing, but your rook can reach d7. From there it forks the b7 and f7 pawns and shuts the king on the back rank. A rook on the seventh in an endgame is pure profit.
Step 1 / 2
Nothing is forcing, but your rook can reach d7. From there it forks the b7 and f7 pawns and shuts the king on the back rank. A rook on the seventh in an endgame is pure profit.