Knight fork exercises
I have created some knight fork exercises. The knight fork is the most common fork, because the way the knight moves makes it more likely that the threat is overlooked.
I have created some knight fork exercises. The knight fork is the most common fork, because the way the knight moves makes it more likely that the threat is overlooked.
The Fried Liver attack is a very nice opening for beginners. It enables a lot of opportunities and is a decent opening unlike the Scholar’s mate attempts that a lot of beginners are playing.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 The two Knights Defence
4.Ng5 This is an immediate attack at Black’s weakest square f7, but White is also moving a piece in the opening twice.
Still it is a rather nice attack and Black has only the move 4…d5 to avoid losing the pawn on f7.
You will find a new mate in two problem each time you visit this page (or after a refresh of this page). After giving the right solution or after three wrong answers the solution is revealed.
You can make a move by clicking on a piece and dropping it at the target square.
One additional tip: [...]
Earlier we have presented an overview of the beginner’s lessons and this seems a good point to present an overview of the first series of the intermediate level lessons.
This post gives an overview of the first series of lessons at this intermedate level.
Chess lessons: Intermediate 1
Activity of pieces (Mobility)
Double attack (Forks)
The Queen fork (Targets)
Eliminate the [...]
The power of the Knight increases.
As we have seen in the general lesson about forks any piece can create a fork. The Knight fork however is the most common reason for losing material. The unusual way the Knight moves means that knight forks are often overlooked.
The figure on the left is another way to show [...]