How to avoid a fork?

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SunnyDaysInMay

Guys, to me this has been tricky and I need to know how to avoid a fork. So please help.

Deaconsz

To avoid forks , don't keep two important pieces during middle game and opening in such a position that they can be forked especially when there is a knight in play, try to develop them safely (if possible ) .If the fork is only possible through your opponent's piece moving to a particular square , then you can either move one of your pieces or place a defender for that square . But mostly to avoid them , be aware of the position because pieces like queen may be on the far side of the board but can travel the board in a single move to fork your pieces if you are not careful

chesslover0003

You need to visualize the board and do "what-if" moves in your head. I'm not saying a lot of moves... but a few... especially with the knight. Learn from your mistakes and hopefully you'll learn some of the common positions that are suseptible to forks.

Pretend to be your opponent and think about how you would fork your pieces.

On chess.com, you can learn to use arrows and hi light squares to help your visualization.

If you get forked... can you move one of the pieces to attack or capture a more valuable piece of your opponent (or check) to try and gain a tempo that would allow you to also move the other piece?

blueemu

If a piece is two squares diagonally away from the Knight, it's nearly impossible to fork.

If you keep your King and Queen on opposite colors, a Knight cannot fork them.

magipi
SunnyDaysInMay wrote:

Guys, to me this has been tricky and I need to know how to avoid a fork. So please help.

Based on your games, you shouldn't worry about forks and other advanced concepts. What is happening in your games is that your opponent attacks a piece, and you let him take it. If you want to get better, you should get rid of elementary blunders like this. Nothing else matters.

https://www.chess.com/game/live/98766260875

BlueHen86

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Underpants_Gnome89
SunnyDaysInMay wrote:

Guys, to me this has been tricky and I need to know how to avoid a fork. So please help.

For me, at least, the simplest thing to avoid Forks from the Knight is to keep your pieces on opposite color squares. If two pieces are on the same color squares then they are open to a fork attack. So if you have two pieces on the same color squares look out for knights to execute a fork.
dinoy248

I do not agree