In the first part of this lesson, we had a look at a few examples of the “knight fork” and carried out some training exercises. If you missed it, you can find it here. In the second part, we’ll see a few more examples and exercises to understand the different patterns of this tactical motif completely.
Example – 6
White to play
White’s rook is under attack but he recognizes the amazing knight fork pattern here. White starts with a check: 1.Nd7+ Kf7 is the only move to support the rook. And now White makes some forcing moves 2.Rxe8 Rxe8 3.Rxe8 Kxe8 and here comes the fork 4. Nf6+ 1-0
Example – 7
Black to play
It’s Black’s turn here. To attain the “main fork”, he starts with a “mini-fork”: 1…Nb3 and White has to move the rook. 2. Rb1and now comes the main fork 2…Nd4, attacking both the queen on e2 and the bishop on b5. 0-1
Example – 8
Black to play
It’s Black’s turn. To attain the fork, he starts with a sacrifice, winning a pawn: 1…Bxd5 2.exd5. Now Black wins the rook with the fork 2…Nc2+ – after 3.Rxc2 Rxe3, Black is an exchange up. 0-1
As usual, simply looking at examples is not enough – let’s try to solve a couple of problems now. 
Exercise – 4
Black to play
Exercise – 5
White to play
After calculating all possible variations, you may check the solution here.
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