10 forks rated between 2200 and 3500, averaging 2287. 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 2200+-rated players. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 2200+ is one that players around 2200+ 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.
Qd1+ Qf1 Rc1 h3 Qxf1+
exf6 Rd8 Rxe6+ fxe6 f7+ Qxf7 Rxd8+ Kxd8 Qxf7
Rxg7 Rxg7 Qxf6+ Ke8 Qxg7
Qxa3 Rxe1 Qb4+ Ka1 Qxe1+
Qxf2 Re2 Rxg2+ Kh1 Rxg1+ Qxg1 Qxe2
Qh4+ Kg1 Qh1+ Kxh1 Ng3+ Kg1 Rh1#
Qh8+ Ke7 Qxe5+ Kd7 Qd5+ Kc8 Re8#
Rc6+ Kd7 Rd6+ Ke7 Rxd5+
f4 Rg4 fxe5 Rxe4 gxh3
Qe3+ Kh1 Nf2+ Rxf2 Qc1+ Bd1 Qxd1+ Re1 Qxe1+ Rf1 Qxf1#
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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 2200+ is one that players rated around 2200+ solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 2287, so they suit 2200+-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.