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Chess tactics

Fork

One piece attacks two things at once. They can only save one.

Example

The knight can attack the king and the rook at the same time.

  1. 1. Nc7+: Check, and the rook on a8 is attacked too: a fork.
  2. 1... Kd7: The king has to move…
  3. 2. Nxa8: …and the rook falls.

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