10 forks rated between 1200 and 1399, averaging 1296. Each position below is from a real game, with the solution given underneath — so you can check yourself immediately rather than guessing whether you were right.
A fork is one piece attacking two or more targets at once. Knights fork most famously because their move is hard to see, but pawns, bishops, rooks and queens all fork. Most forks in real games are set up a move earlier, by a check or capture that forces the enemy pieces onto squares a single move can hit.
These are pitched at beginners. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1200 is one that players around 1200 solve about half the time, so if you are getting most of these you should move up a band.
Solving from a page is good for pattern recognition but not for tracking progress. The rated puzzle trainer serves puzzles matched to your own rating and adjusts as you solve, and the Mistake Trainer builds puzzles from positions you actually got wrong in your own games.
Nf6+ Kf7 Nfxd5
Qc1+ Ka4 Qxd1+
Ne6+ Kh8 Nxc7
Qxh8+ Ke7 Qg7+
Nd2+ Ka1 Nxb3+ axb3 Qxb7
Rxc8 Rxc8 Ne7+ Kf7 Nxc8
Qxe3+ Qf2 Qxe5
Be4+ Kb8 Nc6+ Kc7 Nxe7+
Nf7+ Kf6 Nxd6
f4+ Kf6 fxe5+
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A fork is one piece attacking two or more targets at once. Knights fork most famously because their move is hard to see, but pawns, bishops, rooks and queens all fork. Most forks in real games are set up a move earlier, by a check or capture that forces the enemy pieces onto squares a single move can hit.
Puzzle ratings work like player ratings. A puzzle rated 1200 is one that players rated around 1200 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1296, so they suit beginners.
Yes. Every puzzle on this page, including its solution, is free to view with no account. The rated trainer that tracks your progress and serves puzzles matched to your rating is part of Chess Ramp Premium.