10 Levels of Tactics: Master the Fork

[@chess]

feast with the fork

[@sushimuncher12]

first lol, hi chess give me a shoutout or else 😈

[@Chess_Master60]

Give me GM title or else🔫

[@Tetracontakaitetragon]

eat with the spork

[@khahoang1000]

give me Premium pack or else 😈

[@StuckinthePastSP]

Give me everything you have or else 👽

[@inferno4693]

On level 7 could you have forked the king and rook rather than a desperado?

[@r3ktsoldier8]

Yeah I thought that too

[@manuelgomezgonzalez9379]

I was thinking about that.

[@noobiechessjxwyspl]

You guys making it to level 7 😭

[@charbelnicolas5860]

​@@noobiechessjxwyspl😂😂😂

[@renehenriksen1735]

What Inferno has in mind is that after 4. ....Ke7 there is 5. Nf5+ forking the black king and rook and directly forcing a trade of rooks after which White will be up a knight. Instead 5. Nb5 is recommended and I would like to know why it is better than 5. Nb5

[@Fautes]

If someone is confused on why not all pieces that attacked multiple other pieces are forks, a fork is a piece that attacks 2 pieces that would reward material

[@Boritoman76]

You're editing is so GOOD!

[@YourLifeWillForeverBeALie]

To be honest we need more chess piece and board unboxings

[@ocean3749]

I hope the next levels include Exchange Sacrifice and discovered attacks

[@big_darkside2716]

12:48 isn't NF5 even better? I mean this way the opponent can't check us and take our pawn.

[@Nikhil17900]

rook F4!!! now your rook is hanging Your night is hanging your rook can't Protect night because opponents king control the square

[@big_darkside2716]

@@Nikhil17900 NF5 would be a check and a fork... Rook can't move while in check ;)

[@vinnyscott4540]

You're right. Nf5 would be better bc the rook is sacrificed anyway

[@RandomGuySMO]

My 500 elo brain prefers to see a fork as a utensil used for eating

[@PembuatKomentarHandal]

😂

[@JustAnotherCommenter]

literally me holding a fork while watching the video

[@hello-vl9lx]

My 2 elo brain doesn’t even know what a fork is

[@babybee3925]

MY FAVORITE SERIES RETURNS!!

[@hassanhaydar6415]

I have a question in puzzle 7 13:02 didnt u have NF5 forking the king and rook

[@WumpusAlpaca]

So do I

[@kevin_vr17]

I mean, it's even better. 1. Nf5+, Kxd8; 2. Nxd4, Ke7; 3. Kg3, Kf6 Then we have the killer: 4. Kf4... Black is on zugzwang, d5 pawn is blockaded and White is going to push f and g pawns

[@VicolAlin]

The black Knite in e4 would quickly take the white Queen

[@hindifandubs]

Thanks for this series bro. I have been watching this series since the start, and wanted to thank you fir this great content on tactics.

[@OakRiver-gs8lb]

Ba6 looks super juicy on puzzle 8 cause of the deflection sacrifice and the laser beam

[@Mizztaken]

I think u mean Ba5 13:59

[@kevin_vr17]

Idk man, after Nxg4 then Bxc7, the rook is just gonna slide away and you have an equal game

[@Robert_Lewandoski6]

For number 8 the whole sequence only wins one pawn because thier knight takes your pawn at the end, meaning the WAY simpler bxh5 which wins one pawn is just as good

[@renehenriksen1735]

I myself thought that 1. Bxa5! at the beginning must win at least a rook because the queen is overloaded with preventing mate on g7. It looks to me like Bxa5 is close to leading to mate because of all kinds of possible checks and discovered attacks on the black king.

[@dimitriskontoleon6787]

​​@@renehenriksen1735did you see the NXg4? Moves like Qa7 and black looks fine( I am really low rating on chess) I mean BXA5 Qa7 Qg3 Ne4. Now Queen must leave g file and Qxa5. I may miss something I just see on my eyes and I am low rating

[@renehenriksen1735]

@@dimitriskontoleon6787 Excuse me did I ask you?

[@davideunland4858]

He said something politely no need to be rude

[@kaansas]

In puzzle 7 for the last move, Nf5 is also another fork.

[@carterlamont2906]

Yeah idk how he didn’t see that in a video about forks😂

[@Nikhil17900]

Rf4!!!

[@KomodoDragon320]

​@@Nikhil17900Nf5 is check

[@gachiboi4440]

Probably the structure of showing the tactics in game w/ puzzles is marvelous, you've created a good material to learn, good 4 u

[@VultureVenus]

0:35 The black queen is also forking the white bishop and the white pawn and the white queen is also forking the rook and the knight. After Knight takes h5, White Bishop takes e8, if Rook takes Bishop then Queen takes Rook. After all this, White Pawn takes knight

[@ガアラ-h3h]

Puzzle 9: just take knight and it’s way easier because there’s just one attack piece

[@nikhilgoyal6244]

On Puzzle 8, Another way to go would be: white bishop should capture the black pawn on his left as this move attacks black's queen and rook. So if black captures with queen its mate with white queen. If black moves the queen then white capture the rook first, then if black queen leaves row 7 its game over, if queen does not leave that row then white captures black pawn with rook on row D, forcing the queen out of row 7.

[@whitetiger4568]

Why on puzzle 7 you played Nb5 in front of Nf5 that would be check

[@_mochiii_]

0:10 everyone's just forking each other

[@JustAnotherCommenter]

Fork this tactic, I always miss it in real games

[@meet_bhoi]

In the last puzle if we push a pawn and king ever tries to take that paw it will be stealmate

[@bayankhishig.g5872]

5:13 ; These pieaces are truly ffff....... forked (I thought you would say f.ed up)

[@Gaming_Julek]

Puzzle 8 i would play bishop A5 couse why not? It would win materilal or not?

[@ivantkalec1489]

On The 7th puzzle i was confused because We can fork the King and rook rather than Desperado, yes? Or no?

[@halisselamozmen5658]

Eighth puzzle. Do Ba8, if queen takes do Nf7 checkmate. If they don't take, take queen or rook, whichever stays on the knife I'd call.

[@halisselamozmen5658]

+ if they take rook back with queen, you can also do Nf7#.

[@khadiplays1410]

In last puzzle if u don't take that underpromoted knight its still a draw.

[@summer1247]

Zach I got all of the puzzles lol there were a couple which were hard like the underpromotion to the knight but I eventually found it (in like 10 mins or so)

[@johns7530]

May the fork be with you.

[@r3dx226]

I am your fork

[@dreamgamerz1527]

15.:12 puzzle 8 black queen can mote to f7 it's a better move for win.

[@lokmanbezaz8887]

On level 7 you could take the pawn, when he take back the white pawn you fork the rook and king

[@ExplainLikeI5]

Puzzle8 bishop take a5 is better, then take rook, queen can't take your bishop

[@Asdasdhack]

12:45 Bro I thought the move was Nf5+ and simplify the position xd

[@Mvdo685]

12:41 why not Nf5??

[@r3ktsoldier8]

On puzzle 2 could’ve you forked the rook and king and when queen takes knight I slide in and take the rook+?

[@VincentvanRijn-gf5sz]

But then you lose 2 pieces for the rook instead of 1

[@r3ktsoldier8]

@@VincentvanRijn-gf5szI’m sorry I’m a bit new at chess but with the move he said don’t you lose the knight cause it’s trapped in some moves?

[@ahshhddhhdhdhdhdshehe2905]

​@@r3ktsoldier8If you look at the position carefully the knight can escape via b3 since there's no a and c pawn anymore and then escape to d4, the light square bishop could try to stop it but black can challenge the light square bishop with its own light square bishop and the knight will eventually escape

[@luffymonkey4232]

Can anyone tell me.. In puzzle 2 the white could have defended from the fork if he place bishop on c1 instead of capturing the queen or Could even place its knight on b1

[@tjeerdypol]

Puzzle 8: bishop take pawn on a5 forking queen and rook? With mate in 1 threat on g7?

[@BroC0d3]

The knight with this🥵

[@johnmctavish1021]

At 6:34, what if black takes our Knight instead of our Rook? Why is that trade 'forced'?

[@Kilb-o3u]

4. the queen forks the rook and the knight

[@Kilb-o3u]

In level 0

[@perindu1377]

Love this video ❤️

[@SeñorDwarf]

Amazing video dude

[@thehey0329]

Ba5 for puzzle 8

[@akramkrimo9643]

you could've forked the king and rook in the 7th puzzle instead of a Desperado

[@ΙάκωβοςΠαπαμαγκανάς]

Level 7 I would prefer the final fork rather than the desperado.

[@simplyaturner]

THE FORK!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@relaxMind0000]

12:46 Why don't we play Nf5+ and forking the king and rook?

[@santanushaw9414]

Before puzzle 1 isnt there a fork by white queen on rook and knight ...though both r defended...

[@alexcricles]

THE ROOKKK!!

[@steveshuffle]

Puzzle 8: why not bishop takes a5 pinning queen & rook? Black queen can only go to D7 if it wants to protect the rook. But then we hit D5 with our rook and the queen is attacked again. If the queen moves to any other square on the 7th file then we take the rook for free AND we then can drop our knight to E7 check, protected by our bishop. If not the knight we can take the f6 pawn for free...

[@Mr.PepeTheFrog]

Idk I’m 1300 but on 13:58is bxa5 not good? And on 16:35 not just play rxf7?

[@alextersa]

As a player with a 1700 elo brain. I cant play slow chess. I study chess tactics to see them faster for blitz and bullet. It helps.

[@SirMathapo]

Hi great content ... i would like to ask which app do u use for recording ur videos ... ones which captures ur screen and selfie at the same time

[@levi-pb3gz]

Oh man in puzzle 8 you could do bishop a5, is not that won a rook .I thought I found it the puzzle when I saw this😂

[@terencetembo8382]

Level 7 the answer was knite f5+ willing the rook instead of knite b5 attacking the rook

[@rachanabagdia9684]

I solved 9 levels

[@princeeditz6996]

On puzzle 8 isn't it ba6 is also good or maybe even better?

[@Boritoman76]

12:48 but couldn't you just go nf5+ fork? It's more forcing imo

[@Vasmangaragaya]

What's wrong with bishop takes A5 on eight level? You get a rook for a bishop which has same worth as 2 pawns

[@oddcatlover6473]

on level 8 couldn't you play bishop a5 to skewer the queen and rook to win a rook because the queen can't come off of the 7 file because of the mate threat

[@levi-pb3gz]

What can we do if the bishop takes knight in the 9th puzzle?

[@MrpboDy-jy8ou]

Puzzle 8, why cant we go Ba5? Threatening queen? Only option Qd7 or Qe7(Ne7) to save black Rook! So if Qd7 , Rd5 threatening queen! So queen has to retreat! Mate or queen for rook. OR Queen takes bishop , then Qg7#

[@patrickschott265]

Already failed at level 2 😢

[@E0011]

12:47 there's a simpler solution though NF5 forks the king and rook and forces the rook trade

[@paritoshavula412]

12:47 bro can play knight f5 forking king and rook

[@drxgscartel]

featuring frank

[@Luneth.M]

In level 8, what about Bxa5? If Queen takes the bishop, we have mate, and if not, we take the rook and win material...

[@Luneth.M]

Am I wrong? Maybe black has another move that wins.

[@Luneth.M]

Oh, no, he could just take your Queen whit the Knight first, and if u take the Queen too, he just move the rook

[@RalphSalem-l4b]

12 :46 Nf5 was best no ?

[@krishnatomar6032]

Where you find these puzzle

[@pierluigisanjuan1137]

in puzzle 9 what if the bishop takes the knight

[@Anthony18190]

Puzzle 9 , you can move the queen tob7

[@aboahmedgewida4663]

in puzzle 8 wasnt bishop takes a5 winning?

[@rashnanda3104]

In puzzle 7, knight to f6 is better I think🤔🤔

[@ignDEADSHOT]

Nf5*

[@leolefer6401]

On lvl 8 does bishop a 5 work ?

[@BrandonGaming001]

Brilliant !!!

[@pareshjailall7748]

12:45 isn't there just a fork with Nf5 check ?

[@TBence-ps9gb]

12:46 Nf5????

[@cawkecabdi7745]

The legend 🎉

[@Omar_Jaber]

i slolved the 2500 when im just a mid player

[@이시후-m6k]

on level 8 can we play Ba5?

[@renehenriksen1735]

Chessnerd >>> Sorry for appearing so annoyingly questionable, but in Puzzle 8 it appears to me that 1. Bxa5! is simpler and more directly decisive than the solution recommended. I know the theme is forks but still. 1. Bxa5 seems so much more powerfull to me because the black queen must prevent mate. And when the bishop has captured the black rook nothing can prevent the white rook from taking on d5 and entering the black position, and if the black queen should take it it simply is over.

[@dimitriskontoleon6787]

I am low rating but looks like NXg4 is huge threat from black. Maybe even play immidiatly or as threat after Q move. Maybe I miss something, but yes black threat Queen. I mean looks like BXA5, Qa7 Qg3 Ne4 and Qxa5. I tell you I may miss something huge

[@riddhimandey3274]

Isnt bxa5 better in puzzle 8?

[@MagnusNakamura2882]

In 8th puzzle doesn't Bxa5 works

[@prathamsharma8346]

In third could you do Bb7

[@1ziedRBLX]

Level 8 is pointless If you take the pawn on the A file with your Bishop and skewer the Queen and Rook, you win a full Rook, because the Queen cannot take, otherwise white has mate.

[@MrpboDy-jy8ou]

Puzzle 6 why cant we move the E pawn first?

[@NormalMuslim7]

Can't you play Kc2+ immediately in the second puzzle? If queen takes c2(where the knight is) we take the rook(qxa1) and we're up meterial. If queen doesn't take the knight,we take the rook(qxa1) with our knight.

[@VincentvanRijn-gf5sz]

The solution wins the exchange cuz the knight can get out and if you go Nc2 immediately you lose 2 pieces for the rook instead of 1

[@NormalMuslim7]

​@@VincentvanRijn-gf5szwhat do you mean 2 pieces? The it's check. And after that if qxc2 we take a rook with us being up 3 points of meterial as 1 pawn + rook =6 6-3=3. And if he doesn't take knight we take the rook with our queen. But,the solution is better as 9-9=0(queen for queen) but we are winning as we are winning and up a whole rook,thank you for the explanation.

[@ahshhddhhdhdhdhdshehe2905]

​@@NormalMuslim7Knight takes c2 is a blunder actually bcuz this position is arrive by black sacrifice a bishop beforehand, so after your sequence of moves you are down two minor pieces for a rook and a pawn, and even though in theory they are equal material in practice the one who lose the rook and a pawn is actually better cuz pawn doesn't matter that much in the middle game and the bishop pair advantage and if he manages to coordinate his extra two minor pieces well he is going to eventually win the game

[@NormalMuslim7]

@@ahshhddhhdhdhdhdshehe2905 ok

[@SD-Gamer]

your a complete genuius

[@albertorencia6022]

Best move is 1. Bxa5

[@abdullahyahya2471]

at 12:44 isn't Knight f5 better than Knight b5?

[@inferno4693]

I am genuinely excited when I see a new video of this series. I really love this style of video, thanks zach

[@RockySundberg-q4z]

why is Nb4 better then Nf5 in puzzle 7. fork the king and the rook and if Kxd8 you follow up by Nxd4

[@Ayush-dn1nf]

He forgot☠️☠️

[@himeshpatel6929]

On puzzle 8 rather than Bd5 you could take Ba5 pining the queen to the rook, If queen move any where we take the rook ... and If queen take bishop a5, White queen g7 mate in one (elo 1500) 🥱

[@sauravkumar3278]

Next video : chopsticks

[@Itookyourtoastagain]

Man's editing is cleaner than a surgery room

[@joeboypatron960]

There's an error on puzzle level 8, there's a better move

[@WHAT-gm1xm]

I am stuck in 1300 elo i practice daily but stuck in same rating how to improve

[@lemuaschiks417]

Nevermind

[@basteagui]

i am realizing how bad at chess i am right now... my elo probably doesn't reflect my skill, i must be worse

[@StuckinthePastSP]

Im elo 1800 and i saw puzzle 9 i cant believe it