10 forks rated between 1600 and 1799, averaging 1654. 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 1600-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1600 is one that players around 1600 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.
Qxh5+ Kg2 Qd5+ Kf2 Qxa8
Qg6+ Kf8 Rd8#
bxc4+ Bxc4 Rd1+ Kc3 Rc1+
Qg4+ Qg6 Qxc8
Qe1+ Kh2 Be5+ Qxe5+ Qxe5+
Qxb2+ Kxb2 Nxd3+ Kb3 Nxe1
Qg4+ Kh1 Qxh3
Qc1+ Kf2 Qxb2+
Qxe1+ Rxe1 Nf3+ Kf1 Nxh4
Rd8+ Rxd8 Qxd8+ Qe8 Bxe7#
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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 1600 is one that players rated around 1600 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1654, so they suit 1600-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.