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Since the queen is usually more valuable than the pieces it attacks, a queen fork gains material only when the pieces attacked are undefended or if one of them is the king and the other is undefended, and no other piece can capture the queen.
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Any piece can deliver a fork. Forks are most often delivered by knights: a knight is not attacked by a piece it attacks except for an enemy knight, and it can be exchanged for a more valuable piece.
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multiple enemy pieces simultaneously. The attacker usually aims to capture one of the forked pieces. The defender often cannot counter every threat. A fork is most effective when it is
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This example is from the ninth round of the Clarin GP Final between Guillermo Soppe and Fernando Braga. After
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White resigned. The only move is 41.Ke2 which enables a royal fork with 41...Nc3+, winning the queen.
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A fork of the king and queen, the highest material-gaining fork possible, is sometimes called a
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After 4...Nxe4 5.Nxe4 d5, White is forked and Black will regain a piece.
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Position after 4.Nc3. Black can play 4...Nxe4 since he has a fork trick.
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is sometimes used. A fork not involving the enemy king is a
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Chess piece attacking two or more pieces simultaneously
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Index

Royal fork
knight
king
rook
pawn
chess
tactic
attacks
forcing
check
double attack
algebraic notation
double attack
FIDE World Chess Championship 2004
Mohamed Tissir
Alexey Dreev
resigned
the exchange
Two Knights Defense
4.Nc3
!
"The Fork • lichess.org"
"Chess Game Strategies - Next Chess Move"
"Fork in Chess - Chess Terms"
"Tissir vs. Dreev, Tripoli 2004"
Chessgames.com
"Guillermo Soppe vs. Fernando Braga, (1998)"
Chessgames.com
Hooper, David
Whyld, Kenneth

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