10 forks rated between 2000 and 2199, averaging 2060. 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 2000-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 2000 is one that players around 2000 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.
Qxe3+ Kh1 Nf2+ Rxf2 Rxg4
Qxc3 Qxa6 Qc7+ Kg1 Qxe7
Ra7+ Kb5 Qd5+ Kb6 Rb7+ Ka6 Qb5#
Qxg2 Rxg2 Rd8+ Kh7 Rxa8
Rxe5 Rxe5 Rd1+ Kf2 Ng4+ Ke2 Nxe5+
Re1+ Bf1 Ne2+ Kh1 Rxf1#
Qg1+ Ke2 Nf4+ Kf3 Qg2+ Kxf4 Qxd5
Bxf2+ Kh1 Bxa7
Nxf6+ Ke7 Qd6#
e4+ Kg3 Be5+ Kg2 Bxc7
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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 2000 is one that players rated around 2000 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 2060, so they suit 2000-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.