10 forks rated between 1400 and 1599, averaging 1458. 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 1400-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1400 is one that players around 1400 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.
Bxe7+ Nxe7 Rxd8
e2+ Kb1 Na3+ Kb2 Nxc2
Qb7+ Kh2 Qxa6
Ne3+ Bxe3 Qxh4
Qc3+ Kxa2 Qb2#
Qxa4 Nxa4 Ne7+ Kd7 Nxg6
Nf6+ Kf8 Nh7+ Ke8 Nxg5
Bxg7+ Qxg7 Qxe4
Rxd4+ Kxd4 Nb5+ Ke3 Nxc7
Qxd4+ Nxd4 Be5+ Kf8 Bxd4
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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 1400 is one that players rated around 1400 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1458, so they suit 1400-rated players.
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.