Pawn and Queen Forks
Part of the Tactics section of Coddy's Chess journey. Lesson 9 of 48.
The knight gets the fame, but the pawn fork is the cheapest attack in chess: one point forking two pieces, profitable even if the pawn is captured back. At the other end of the scale the queen forks from across the whole board - when her targets are loose, or one of them is the king.
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All lessons in Tactics
1Free Pieces
Hanging PiecesCounting AttackersGood Trades, Bad TradesIs It Safe?Puzzles: Take What Is FreeRecap: Free Pieces2The Fork
One Move, Two ThreatsKnight ForksPawn and Queen ForksSeeing Forks ComingPuzzles: Fork Hunt 1Puzzles: Fork Hunt 2Recap: The Fork