Chess Tactic: "There is no fork"

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Uploaded by on Aug 10, 2008

One of the most disappointing moments in a pawn's life is when it achieves a piece fork but one piece retreats and pins it allowing the other piece to escape.

This is a partial examination of my last round game from the Evanston G60 yesterday in which I tied for first ( http://www.evanstonchess.org ).

For extra fun, see if you can figure out:
1) How Black wins after 15...Ng4 16.hxg4
2) How Black wins after 15...g5 16.g3 g4 17.hxg4 h4 18.g5 hxg3 19.gxf6

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  • Ng4 is actually really good. Because if then the pawn takes, your h pawn takes and then Bh2+, Kh1 Bg1+,Kxg1 Qh2#

  • @AwesomeSeanable But White is not compelled to take.

  • Nightmares.

    The ice cream man in my neighborhood drives around looking into peoples windows *shiver*

    And don't get me started with silverware...

  • The eyes on Powerpuff Girls cream pops are not M&Ms. They are microcameras.

  • Also, if you played N to f3, the knight you want to fork could capture it, thus avoiding the fork and allowing the bishop to take the coming pawn and attack the queen.

  • No, on 1...Nxf3+ 2.Nxf3 Black could play 2...Qxf4 (bishop is hanging). 2.Qxf3 is forced.

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  • lol "go call the internet police" 5/5

  • "As they say in the Matrix, 'There is no fork.'"

    Matt, I see your old-man-humour has progressed significantly. Impressive.

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  • @GreenCastleBlock Lol totally missed that.

  • is dick cheney listening in on this?

    can't hear me over the off-tune guitar solo drowning out my vocal...

  • Rofl, like 9 things.. Internet police.. XD lolz. AIR QUOTES FTW. It's a spoon in the Matrix XD, lolz... and an Icecream truck. Pwnage.

  • after the fork on white and then the white moves the bis. back just move the pawn up 2 h4 protected by rook

  • there is no fork xD it was there is no spoon smarty :D and the internet police :D LMAO

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