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The two-rook ladder mate
Rooks walk the king to the edge.
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Two rooks checkmate a lone king with no help from their own king. The 'ladder' (also called the 'lawnmower'): one rook checks to push the king back a rank, the other takes over the next rank so it can't return.
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