Rook checks, knight defends and covers the king's escapes
A rook delivers check on a file or rank next to the king, with a knight defending the rook and simultaneously covering the king's diagonal flight squares. Named after Vladimir Vukovic, whose 1965 book 'The Art of Attack in Chess' catalogued the pattern. Closely related to the Arabian mate, but with the rook one rank or file closer to the king.
Rook checks one rank or file off the king.
2 more clean runs (at any point) to reach Recall.
White to move. Black king has fled to c8 with a rook on a8 and knight on b6. White has a knight on c6 and a rook on e7 ready to swing over.
Rook checks one rank or file off the king.
2 more clean runs (at any point) to reach Recall.