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Printable Fork Puzzles

Real positions from rated games. Narrow them by motif, difficulty or rating, then solve or print each one.

Printable worksheet

12 fork puzzles, every difficulty, with answer key

A fork is a single move that attacks two or more enemy targets at the same time, so the defender can only save one of them. Knights are the classic forking piece because their jump can touch a king, queen and rook at once, but every piece — even the king and pawns — can fork.

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Positions come from real rated games. The answer key prints on the last page.

Fork — chess puzzle worksheet Name: ______________   Date: ______________
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#1 · black to move · rating 600
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#2 · black to move · rating 810
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#3 · white to move · rating 944
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#4 · white to move · rating 1079
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#5 · white to move · rating 1211
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#6 · white to move · rating 1382
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#7 · white to move · rating 1547
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#8 · black to move · rating 1733
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#9 · white to move · rating 1941
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#10 · white to move · rating 2173
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#11 · black to move · rating 2447
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#12 · black to move · rating 2798

Answer key

  1. #1 (puzzle 04ikT): Be3+ → Kxg6 → Bxc1
  2. #2 (puzzle 0377r): Nf3+ → Kf1 → Nxd4
  3. #3 (puzzle 01cUP): Ne4+ → Kg6 → Nxg5
  4. #4 (puzzle 08SIl): Qxf6+ → Qe7 → Qxh8+
  5. #5 (puzzle 0CSW1): Bc7 → Rc8 → Bxb6
  6. #6 (puzzle 0E6yM): d7 → Qxd7 → Nxd7
  7. #7 (puzzle 0SHnp): Rh7+ → Kxh7 → Nxg5+ → Kg6 → Nxh3
  8. #8 (puzzle 0O7kJ): Qd4+ → Be3 → Qxe3+
  9. #9 (puzzle 0BzGD): Qe5+ → Kd7 → Bf5+ → Kc6 → Be4+ → Qxe4 → Qxe4+
  10. #10 (puzzle 0ba9p): Qd5 → c6 → Qd6+ → Qc7 → Qxc7+ → Rxc7 → Rxc3
  11. #11 (puzzle 16UIM): Bd4+ → Be3 → Bxe3+ → Qxe3 → Ng4+ → Kg1 → Nxe3
  12. #12 (puzzle 1Dt4X): Rxg2+ → Kh1 → Rxd2+ → Rf3 → Rd1 → Rxd1 → c4 → Bxe7 → cxb3

Positions from real rated games (CC0 data).