Chess lesson # 16: Chess tactics -Forks | Double attacks:How many can you solve? Chess the right way

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Chess 4 All: It is time to go deeper into the world of tactics. In this class, you will learn about forks and how to use them in your games. A double attack is when one you attack two of your opponent targets simultaneously. This can be done in different ways -a fork is one of them. Once you finished with today’s lesson, you should click on the link below to find more fork exercises. Try to solve them all on your own. Practice makes perfect -especially when it comes to Chess!
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[@NMRobertRamirez]

Glad you liked it, Animesh! And thank you for all your support 👍

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I got all the forks correct in 1 second. Man you are helping me improve!! Love the series sir!

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THAT WAS WONDERFUL .... THANK YOU.

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Thanks, will keep identifying forking opportunities.

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Love he last exercise, Thanks!

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[@azzaea]

Very nice series! Thank you for creating and making it public. I have a question about the exercise at 10:49. Is Qd2 a “bad fork”? If yes, how so?

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello Azza! Thank you for your kind words. It means a lot to read comments like yours! Regarding your question, it is a bad fork because the white rook could capture your queen 👍

[@azzaea]

@@NMRobertRamirez Oh right! I missed this one totally! Many many thanks (y)

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@azzaea my pleasure! This is part of the process. Soon, you will find these in no time.

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[@Blahblahdottr]

I have a question, in exercise 7) if I did D4 the bishop piece can capture it,so why should we double attack when the piece can be captured?

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[@harrysong8938]

Puzzle 6 in exercises Ng5 is also a fork of king and bishop, though it would not be nearly as much of a gain as opposed to the fork of the king and queen

[@XM3XL]

I got it quickly. Thanks for the explanation.

[@fatimaism5051]

I solved all the exercises in this video..✨

[@ItsAdi003]

Sir currently I'm studying 1001 exercises for beginners book and there I've found difference between fork & double attack, Double attack done using a pawn or a knight is known as a Fork Double attack can be also done using 2 pieces...

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[@NMRobertRamirez]

Of course! Glad to see you liked those exercises 👍

[@saurabhjn20]

Fork Exercises Q.7 Why is the answer d4 & not Ne4 ? Pawn can easily be captured by the bishop & it is not even protected. Whereas the knight has chance to capture either bishop or a night without anyone attacking it

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Nicely Explained!!!!!

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I completed 100 likes. Meet you when this video will get 1M likes nearby!

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thanks so much, Ahmad. I really appreciate it 👍😎

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off topic but ur english is really good, ive been living in the USA for 15 years and your english is better than mine. how did you learn english can you give me some tips on what to do to improve it? btw im loving this chess course!!

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! I just saw this comment. Thanks for your feedback 👍 Regarding my English, I think I started to really improve it when I started to teach since I had to use it a lot. Outside of work and school, I mostly speak Spanish, which never helped much.

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Holy crap! I saw all the forks right off, but I'm so use to promoting to a queen I didn't see the last one I thought it was a draw cause the kings in time to stop the rook pawn

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10:27 i also thought it was Kf5, we're so used to white's perspective that we didn't see it was c4 😂

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Lesson #16 6/6/2023 8:48 a.m.

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[@ahmadazab7853]

love this series. I have a question. why would we promote a pawn to bishop or rook, if the queen does both jobs and has more value?

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello Ahmad! Great question! When we choose to "under promote" is because we are going accomplish something that the queen cannot do at the moment. In the example I gave in this lesson at 11:55 you can see how if we promote into a queen, then we are leaving our opponent with their queen, which can become so annoying by putting us constantly in check. So, it is not so easy to win. When we under promote to a knight, we create a fork and win that annoying queen. Then our pawn from h2 can be used to promote into a queen and at that point we execute the queen and king vs king mate we learned in lesson # 18, making it easier to know how to close the game. Now, under promoting to a room or bishop is done sometimes to avoid stalemating our opponent. So, we might under promote to a rook so that we do not get stalemate and we still can do the rook and king vs king mate in learned in lesson # 19. Hope this long reply answers your questions instead of making it more confusing 😎

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At 4:42 .... The king can move to c8 right.. So when they promote pawn to queen... King can capture queen 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@NMRobertRamirez]

You are totally correct, Sreelakshmi! That would be the best continuation for Black, but as you will learn in lesson # 19, White can easily deliver checkmate with the remaining rook and king 👍

[@katherineli1920]

Thanks! I forked my dad's king and rook with my knight WHILE I attacked his passed pawn! Triple fork= triple YAY!

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[@avrilfetana5037]

Both term means attacking multiple targets. Is there any difference to them?

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Good question, Avril! Basically a fork is one form of double attack. You can get double attacks in ways that are not forks. Hope this makes sense 👍

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Learning.... And revising

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1:26 What if queen moved to d6 defending the pawn?

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It's white to move!

[@gtchannel4353]

​@@nimilgeorge5557 When queen moved to e6, what if it moved to d6 instead

[@nimilgeorge5557]

@@gtchannel4353 Oh fine Now I got u. Just he was teaching us what if he moved to E6, Then we can fork, But u re right, if it was on D6, everything pretty fine!

[@thinkbot3009]

Sir in exercise,Q no 12 how is the answer Bd5+ when the queen can capture the bishop

[@Brian-zm5ml]

It's because the white queen on d2 protects your Bishop so that if the queen were to capture your bishop you can capture the queen regardless and be up 6 in material.

[@thinkbot3009]

@@Brian-zm5ml Yes I get it now .Thank you

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[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! What you see here is the training plan I have been using for years to teach my students. Follow it in order and ask questions 👍 Also, feel free to take a look at the training plan we covered in lesson # 102 💪

[@vfxentity]

i got all the forks but the last 1 in a second

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[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello Sahaj! I am so glad to see you are finding value in these lessons 😎 Also it is nice that you are going in order. Keep it up! 👍

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@@NMRobertRamirez sir I wanted to ask if is it possible to do a check mate with one room without any pawn

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@sahajpalsingh8561 hello! With one rook? You will learn it in lesson # 19 👍

[@sahajpalsingh8561]

Ok sir, thanks

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Is there a free app that allows you to do forking puzzles only?

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I was not annoyed for a second as I'm 1300elo😅

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#16

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17/350 (2/10/2023)

[@oisinpark5807]

for that more complex one you showed us wouldn't you move Qf1 attacking the bishop then when black moves Bxf1 you can take it with the rook? Rhxf1 😂

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on 7:16

[@NMRobertRamirez]

I don't get it 😅

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"A fork is a deadly weapon in your arsenal" I'm being taught by a gnocchi.

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A 3rd 1-minute mandatory ad??? This is a 12 minute video and I've had to watch 6 minutes of ads. Is this intentional?

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Hello! the link for the exercises?

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@@omaralabd7752 please let me know if it works like this: 653addd9-55c0-4377-bc73-4b334cc86387.filesusr.com/ugd/775286_5b4bbc7298154eb3a65590e40cf47449.pdf

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​@@omaralabd7752 if you like, e-mail me and I will reply with the actual PDF file. [e-mail]

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[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! You can see it in the description of every video 👍

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May the Fork be with you! (not very original i admit;-) )

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