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Fork
A fork is a tactic in which a single piece attacks two or more enemy pieces simultaneously. The defender can only save one, so the other is captured for free. Knights are the most common forking pieces because of their non-linear movement, but all pieces can fork.
Example
- →A knight on c7 simultaneously attacking a rook on a8 and a queen on e6 is a fork.
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