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Lesson 15

Lesson goals:

 Queen Fork
 Bishop Fork
 Rook fork
 King fork
 Counter fork

Let us learn in this lesson about Queen, Rook and Bishop forks. In concept, they are no different from the
Knight and Pawn forks which we have already learned about in lesson 14.

Here are a few examples:
XABCDEFGHY

8-+-+-tr-+(
7+-+-+pmk-'
6-+-+-+pzp&
5+-+-+-+-%

4-+-+-+-+$
3+-+-+-+P#
2-tr-+-zPP+"
1+-+Q+-mK-!

xabcdefghy
In this position the White Queen can fork with 1.Qd4+.
XABCDEFGHY

8-+-+-+-tr(
7mk-+-+-vlp'
6pzp-+-+p+&

5+-+-+p+-%
4-+-+-+-+$
3+L+-+P+-#
2PzP-+-+PzP"
1+K+-tR-+-!

xabcdefghy
Here the White Rook will make the fork with 1.Re7+. And in the next position the Bishop is the “star”.

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