10 forks rated between 800 and 999, averaging 912. 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 beginners. Puzzle ratings work like player ratings: a puzzle rated 800 is one that players around 800 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.
Qxd5+ Kf8 Qxa8+
Rxh3+ Qxh3+ Nxh3
Ne2+ Kg2 Nxf4+
Qxf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Bxf8 Rxf8#
Ng3+ Kg2 Nxe2
Bf6+ Kf7 Bxb2
Rf8+ Qxf8 Bxf8 Nxd1 Nxd1
Ne2+ Kf1 Nxc1
Qxh3+ Kg1 Qxg2#
Rf7+ Ke8 Rxf6
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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 800 is one that players rated around 800 solve roughly half the time. The puzzles on this page average 912, so they suit beginners.
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.