| | Encyclopedia article: Fork (chess) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | In the diagram, the fl pawn is forking the two white rooks. |
 | | The term "royal fork" is sometimes used to describe the situation where the king and queen are forked, and when three or more pieces are attacked by a knight concomitantly the situation is sometimes referred to as a "family check", especially (though not exclusively) if the king is one of the pieces so menaced. |
 | | In the final position the fl knight is forking the white queen and rook, so that after the queen moves away, White will lose the exchange (a rook for a minor piece). |
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