My king is constantly getting forked by my opponent’s knight! How do I prevent this?

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My king is constantly getting forked by my opponent’s knight! How do I prevent this?

Is there a golden rule?
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Look where the knight can move, and do something about it before it does.

Avatar of hokazak

Here's kind of a silly answer: if you keep putting your king on the opposite color square as the opponent's knight, then that knight will be unable to deliver a check with its next move.  Or if you place your king 2 squares diagonally away from the knight, then it will take the knight 3 moves before it can deliver check to the king on that square. Or: just keep your king on a different color square from your valuable piece nearby, because then even if it gets in check, that check cannot be a fork of the king plus that other piece...

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Just before fork , (all three pieces) your two pieces and enemy knight must be in the same color.

To avoid fork, move one of your piece into different color to enemy knight. 😀

Avatar of rdmccarthy
Glancing at recent games, it’s your resignations that worry me rather than the forks!
Avatar of Monie49

Knights keep forking my Queen!

Avatar of Laskersnephew

Perhaps this will help you a little with your chess

 

Avatar of buchro

To prevent repetitive knight checks,  move your king out of check diagonally, to a square of the same color

Avatar of JohnNapierSanDiego

Have you tried being nice to the Knight and not attacking it?

Avatar of Danne91

Y'all replying to this dude 3 years too late, he quit.

Avatar of umangthusoo1995

trade pieces or trap pieces. and at my lower level i myself get forked a lot especially in bullet and blitz. best way i find is trade in and in rapid just take care of knights movements