Slide to the Eighth: a checkmate puzzle

White to move. Find the one move that wins. About 700 ELO.

One rook move ends the game.

Hint

Look at the open e-file.

What is a checkmate?

A move that attacks the king with no way out: the game ends on the spot.

How to spot it

Look at every check first. Count the king's escape squares and ask which check covers all of them.

Tip

Rooks love open files. When an enemy king hides behind pawns, check its back rank first.

Solve it on the board above, or take a hint. Every ChessLvl puzzle is checked by a chess engine to have exactly one best move.