Can you fork a knight?

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Just a random thought but can you fork a knight ?
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Yes.

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Yes, a rook can check a king and attack a knight on the same file or rank
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Every chess piece can fork a knight except a knight!
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Knifing a fork... Take a metal knife and cut a plastic fork
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Yeah sorry I just wanted to ask for a knight forking a knight and I kinda forgot about other pieces

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You can if the knight is pinned to the king then certainly can you fork the knight to the king if it is in the right place

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Discovered Check

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Arnavbhaiaa wrote:

Yeah sorry I just wanted to ask for a knight forking a knight and I kinda forgot about other pieces

I wondered if that was what you meant. Technically no, since theoretically the knight could capture the forking knight. But as @ShouryChess1234 pointed out, IF the knight being forked was also pinned, then yes. Consider also this famous position:

Black to move and win?

The winning move here is...Nd4! This wins at least a Queen for 2 minor pieces, because if Nxd4, Black has Qh2# Thus, Black is forking the Queen and knight. The f3 knight can move, but it wouldn't want to, and of course if the Queen moves, Black follows up with Nxf3+ and Qh2#

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TrickyKnight373737 wrote:
Every chess piece can fork a knight except a knight!

Α knight can fork a knight too- taking the forking knight can be either bad, or impossible (if the forked knight is pinned).

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Khnemu_Nehep wrote:
Mazetoskylo wrote:
TrickyKnight373737 wrote:
Every chess piece can fork a knight except a knight!

Α knight can fork a knight too- taking the forking knight can be either bad, or impossible (if the forked knight is pinned).

No. A pin is a pin, not a fork.

Is it a fork after Nf6+, or not?

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we are talking about a knight forking a knight we all know that pawns can fork knight

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TrickyKnight373737 wrote:
Every chess piece can fork a knight except a knight!

no,the king can't.

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Pawns are often effective at forking knights because knights usually have to move around the board in a way that makes them vulnerable to pawns advancing and attacking them.

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#17 why a king cant fork a knight?
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Like this.
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Please stop--my head hurts!

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Yes. There are many, many ways to both fork with a knight, and also fork a knight. Or in your scenario, fork two knights.

In other words, a knight can be both a forkee and a forker. And it can even be both at the same time.