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steveny2000
Mar 14, 2009
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#1

knight fork

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SteveM
Mar 14, 2009
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#2

nice!

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o-blade-o
Mar 14, 2009
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#3

nice one, done

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David_Spencer
Mar 14, 2009
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#4

Your way wins one pawn, right?

Doesn't Re1 Kf7 Rxe6 Qxe6 Qxe6+ Kxe6 Nxc7+ Kd7 Nxa8 Kc6 Nxb6 Kxb6 win two?

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Capanegro
Mar 14, 2009
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#5

I love knight forks so much, if only I could buy a fork to eat with that had a chess knight at the end of the handle...

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phmilet
Mar 14, 2009
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#6
SirDavid wrote:

Your way wins one pawn, right?

Doesn't Re1 Kf7 Rxe6 Qxe6 Qxe6+ Kxe6 Nxc7+ Kd7 Nxa8 Kc6 Nxb6 Kxb6 win two?

 I'm not entirely sure it doesn't win a piece:

1. Re1 Kf7 2. Rxe6 Qxe6 3. Qxe6+ Kxe6  4. Nxc7+ Kd7 5. Nxa8 Kc6 6. Be4+ Kc5 (6... Kd7 7. Nxb6+) 7. b4+ axb4 8. axb4+ Kxb4 9. Nxb6.

A better try for black is 5... Bc5 (immediately threatening the knight), but after 6. b4 axb4 7. cxb4 Be3 8. Re1 Bf2 (8... Re8?! 9. Be4 and black's in serious trouble because the bishop is tactically pinned - e.g. 9... Bf4 10. Bc6+!) 9. Re2 white seems to have saved the extra piece.

Good job!

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David_Spencer
Mar 14, 2009
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#7

I think you're right. Good analysis, the position was a bit fuzzy in my head and I didn't think much after seeing that White was up two pawns and the Knight was in the corner.