10 forks rated between 1800 and 1999, averaging 1862. 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 1800-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 1800 is one that players around 1800 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.
Nf7+ Ke8 Nc7+ Ke7 Qxd6#
fxe7 Bxe7 Rxf8+
Nf2+ Kf5 Nxd1 hxg5+ Kg7
Rd8+ Kf7 Bd5+ Kg6 Nh4#
Nxe4 fxe4 Rxd1+ Qxd1 Qxd1+
Qxe6+ Rf6 Qxf6+ Qxf6 Rxf6+
Bxf7+ Kh8 g7#
Qxg7+ Qxg7 Re8+ Rf8 Rxf8#
Nf7+ Kg8 Nh6+ Kf8 Nxg4 Kf7 Ke5
Bxe5+ Qxe5 Rxf7 Qxd4+ cxd4
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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 1800 is one that players rated around 1800 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 1862, so they suit 1800-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.