The Fork to end all forks...

The Fork to end all forks...

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Grand Poobah

28 Feb 12

Caninus Interruptus

2014.05.01

Joined: 11 Apr 07
Moves: 92274

01 Mar 12

Originally posted by Patanjali
I did it, I achieved the Holy Grail of forks...

Check out 26. ...Nf3

[pgn] 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Qf3 Ne5 4.Qe2 Nf6 5.Nf3 Qc7 6.Ng5 e6 7.d3 d5 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Nc3 Bxb5 10.Nxb5 Qa5+ 11.Nc3 d4 12.Bf4 Ng6 13.Bd2 dxc3 14.Bxc3 Qb5 15.Be5 Nxe5 16.O-O Be7 17.c4 Qd7 18.f4 Nxd3 19.Rfd1 Nxf4 20.Qf3 Qc7 21.g3 Ng6 22.Rd2 O-O 23.Re1 Ne5 24.Qf4 Nh5 25.Qh4 Bxg5 26.Qxg5 Nf3+ 27.Kf1 Nxg5 28.e5 Nf3 29.g4 Nxd2+ 30.Kg1 Nf3+ 31.Kf1 [/pgn]

What's with 27.Kf1??? - if he's going to play on, he should QxN.

Joined: 27 Apr 07
Moves: 122469

01 Mar 12

I think white has to move his king.

watchyourbackrank

on your backrank!

Joined: 31 Jul 10
Moves: 3177

01 Mar 12

1 edit

i guess swissgambit meant 26.QxN

Caninus Interruptus

2014.05.01

Joined: 11 Apr 07
Moves: 92274

01 Mar 12

Originally posted by watchyourbackrank
i guess swissgambit meant 26.QxN

Erm, yeah, that's it ... the only other possibility is that he's getting old and senile and losing his board vision completely... 😳

e4

Joined: 06 May 08
Moves: 43363

01 Mar 12

1 edit

Found a fair few 'Family Forks' on RHP (a King, Queen and Rook)
but no Majestic (a King, Queen and two Rook.)

hendon - olar77 RHP 2007

Joined: 04 Sep 10
Moves: 5716

02 Mar 12

well, can only be topped by forking two more bishops und an isolated pawn...

maybe something for sg?

Grand Poobah

New York City

Joined: 18 Aug 06
Moves: 17002

02 Mar 12

Originally posted by tharkesh
well, can only be topped by forking two more bishops und an isolated pawn...

maybe something for sg?

I was thinking of a checkmate within the fork.

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