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Capturing rook left one ready to mate champion (9)

I met Andrew when he defeated my son in the first round at the Bucks & Berks about nine years ago. We got chatting, and an enjoyable conversation continued over many years of the Bucks & Berks. Andrew was one of the most pleasant, self-effacing and phlegmatic characters I met in the chess world. I b...

Moving the pawn to b7, the king to e7 and the knight to c6 makes 50, I think.