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Fight against knight forks
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A really simpler way to avoid the Knight fork with little time in this case is to put your King and your Bishop on squares of different colors (King on a white square, Bishop on a dark square). That way, no fork possible :)
For more explanations on the fork, see my blog post here:
http://chesstrainerapp.blogspot.fr/2014/01/the-fork.html
I have played a few games over the years where I have lost to the deadly knight fork. This seems to be a weakness in my play and I have tryed to recify this with no success.
So, here I would like to share my thoughts on this matter.
I have come up with a three step process to try and radicate this weakness 'disease' from my play for good.
With reference to the diagram;
1) The first thing to notice is if any pieces or pawns are standing on the same colour as the knight. Are these pieces or pawns protected or loose.
In the diagram both of whites pieces are loose and on the same coloured squares as the knight.
2) Can the knight move and attack these pieces or pawns. Is the square the knight can move to protected or not.
In the diagram the knight can move to d3 (it can also go to e6 but d3 is best) to attack the bishop. At the moment the square is protected by whites king.
3) If the knight moves to that square (d3) what other squares can it attack.
As the d3 square is a central square it can attack eight squares. I think the most important squares being c1 and e1.So white should not place the king on any of these squares. I think of these two squares as toast squares.
Sadly in the game I made the silly move king e1 and fell victim to the knight fork. I lost the game that I could have drawn.
Please leave any comments on the three step process. I will be interested in hearing from those who have overcome this kind of weakness from their play.