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The Knight's Fork Squares

Part of the Core Motifs section of Coddy's Tactics & Checkmates journey. Lesson 1 of 35.

A knight attacks only squares of the other colour, so two pieces it forks always share a colour. That is the scan: find two enemy pieces on one colour, list the squares that attack each, and the fork square is on both lists - one jump away, or two.

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Position 1 of 7
WatchTheir king and queen share a colour. Watch where the knight forks from.
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The starting position.
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