Opera Mate
A bishop and rook mate the king with the queen's help, on an open file.
The Opera mate pattern — named for Paul Morphy's famous 1858 game at the Paris Opera — checkmates the king with a rook delivering mate on the back rank while a bishop covers the escape square, typically after a queen sacrifice clears the way.
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