{"id":641,"date":"2020-10-22T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devonjuniorchess.co.uk\/wp\/djca\/?p=641"},"modified":"2026-10-22T13:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T13:46:32","slug":"how-many-moves-can-you-think-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devonjuniorchess.co.uk\/wp\/djca\/2020\/10\/22\/how-many-moves-can-you-think-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"How many moves can you think ahead?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Can you find and set up knight forks?<\/h2>\n<h3>1 move deep<\/h3>\n<p><div class='chessboard-wrapper'><pre style='display:none;'><textarea id='pgn4web_0' style='display:none;' cols='40' rows='8'><\/textarea><\/pre><iframe src='https:\/\/devonjuniorchess.co.uk\/wp\/djca\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-chessboard\/pgn4web\/board.html?am=none&amp;d=3000&amp;ig=f&amp;iv=0&amp;ih=s&amp;ss=26&amp;ps=d&amp;pf=d&amp;lch=CCFFCC&amp;dch=AACCAA&amp;bbch=336633&amp;hm=b&amp;hch=FF6666&amp;bd=c&amp;cbch=F0F0F0&amp;ctch=696969&amp;hd=j&amp;md=f&amp;tm=13&amp;fhch=000000&amp;fhs=14&amp;fmch=000000&amp;fcch=808080&amp;hmch=DAF4D7&amp;fms=14&amp;fcs=m&amp;cd=i&amp;bch=FFFFFF&amp;fp=13&amp;hl=t&amp;fh=b&amp;fw=p&amp;pi=pgn4web_0' frameborder='0' width='100%' height='268' scrolling='no' marginheight='0' marginwidth='0'>your web browser and\/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts<\/iframe><\/div><br \/>\n[Event \"analysis: visualisation\"]<br \/>\n[Site \"analysis: visualisation\"]<br \/>\n[Date \"1997.??.??\"]<br \/>\n[Round \"1\"]<br \/>\n[White \"knight fork combination\"]<br \/>\n[Black \"one move deep\"]<br \/>\n[Result \"1-0\"]<br \/>\n[SetUp \"1\"]<br \/>\n[FEN \"r3k3\/3n4\/1p6\/3N4\/2R2P2\/4K3\/8\/8 w q - 0 1\"]<br \/>\n[PlyCount \"0\"]<\/p>\n<p>{Easy enough I hope: if you know the pattern, it should jump out at you.}  1-0<\/p>\n<\/pgn]\n\n\n\n<h3>2 moves deep<\/h3>\n<p><div class='chessboard-wrapper'><pre style='display:none;'><textarea id='pgn4web_0' style='display:none;' cols='40' rows='8'><\/textarea><\/pre><iframe src='https:\/\/devonjuniorchess.co.uk\/wp\/djca\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-chessboard\/pgn4web\/board.html?am=none&amp;d=3000&amp;ig=f&amp;iv=0&amp;ih=s&amp;ss=26&amp;ps=d&amp;pf=d&amp;lch=CCFFCC&amp;dch=AACCAA&amp;bbch=336633&amp;hm=b&amp;hch=FF6666&amp;bd=c&amp;cbch=F0F0F0&amp;ctch=696969&amp;hd=j&amp;md=f&amp;tm=13&amp;fhch=000000&amp;fhs=14&amp;fmch=000000&amp;fcch=808080&amp;hmch=DAF4D7&amp;fms=14&amp;fcs=m&amp;cd=i&amp;bch=FFFFFF&amp;fp=13&amp;hl=t&amp;fh=b&amp;fw=p&amp;pi=pgn4web_0' frameborder='0' width='100%' height='268' scrolling='no' marginheight='0' marginwidth='0'>your web browser and\/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts<\/iframe><\/div><br \/>\n[Event \"analysis: visualisation\"]<br \/>\n[Site \"analysis: visualisation\"]<br \/>\n[Date \"1949.??.??\"]<br \/>\n[Round \"2\"]<br \/>\n[White \"knight fork combination\"]<br \/>\n[Black \"chernev\/reinfeld\"]<br \/>\n[Result \"1-0\"]<br \/>\n[SetUp \"1\"]<br \/>\n[FEN \"8\/6k1\/8\/8\/Q2n2q1\/6N1\/5P2\/6K1 w - - 0 1\"]<br \/>\n[PlyCount \"3\"]<\/p>\n<p>{You need the basic pattern, plus another idea: playing a forcing move to set<br \/>\nup the winning fork.  Forcing moves are things like checks and captures (or<br \/>\nboth!)} 1. Qxd4+ (1. Qa7+ {forks King and Knight, but the Knight is protected<br \/>\nby the Queen.}) 1... Qxd4 2. Nf5+ 1-0<\/p>\n<\/pgn]\n\n\n<h3>3 moves deep<\/h3>\n<div class='chessboard-wrapper'><pre style='display:none;'><textarea id='pgn4web_0' style='display:none;' cols='40' rows='8'><\/textarea><\/pre><iframe src='https:\/\/devonjuniorchess.co.uk\/wp\/djca\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-chessboard\/pgn4web\/board.html?am=none&amp;d=3000&amp;ig=f&amp;iv=0&amp;ih=s&amp;ss=26&amp;ps=d&amp;pf=d&amp;lch=CCFFCC&amp;dch=AACCAA&amp;bbch=336633&amp;hm=b&amp;hch=FF6666&amp;bd=c&amp;cbch=F0F0F0&amp;ctch=696969&amp;hd=j&amp;md=f&amp;tm=13&amp;fhch=000000&amp;fhs=14&amp;fmch=000000&amp;fcch=808080&amp;hmch=DAF4D7&amp;fms=14&amp;fcs=m&amp;cd=i&amp;bch=FFFFFF&amp;fp=13&amp;hl=t&amp;fh=b&amp;fw=p&amp;pi=pgn4web_0' frameborder='0' width='100%' height='268' scrolling='no' marginheight='0' marginwidth='0'>your web browser and\/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts<\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><div class='chessboard-wrapper'><pre style='display:none;'><textarea id='pgn4web_0' style='display:none;' cols='40' rows='8'><\/textarea><\/pre><iframe src='https:\/\/devonjuniorchess.co.uk\/wp\/djca\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-chessboard\/pgn4web\/board.html?am=none&amp;d=3000&amp;ig=f&amp;iv=0&amp;ih=s&amp;ss=26&amp;ps=d&amp;pf=d&amp;lch=CCFFCC&amp;dch=AACCAA&amp;bbch=336633&amp;hm=b&amp;hch=FF6666&amp;bd=c&amp;cbch=F0F0F0&amp;ctch=696969&amp;hd=j&amp;md=f&amp;tm=13&amp;fhch=000000&amp;fhs=14&amp;fmch=000000&amp;fcch=808080&amp;hmch=DAF4D7&amp;fms=14&amp;fcs=m&amp;cd=i&amp;bch=FFFFFF&amp;fp=13&amp;hl=t&amp;fh=b&amp;fw=p&amp;pi=pgn4web_0' frameborder='0' width='100%' height='268' scrolling='no' marginheight='0' marginwidth='0'>your web browser and\/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts<\/iframe><\/div><br \/>\n[Event \"analysis: visualisation\"]<br \/>\n[Site \"analysis: visualisation\"]<br \/>\n[Date \"1949.??.??\"]<br \/>\n[Round \"3\"]<br \/>\n[White \"knight fork combination\"]<br \/>\n[Black \"chernev-reinfeld\"]<br \/>\n[Result \"1-0\"]<br \/>\n[SetUp \"1\"]<br \/>\n[FEN \"2r3k1\/pppbq2p\/2np4\/8\/3PnNpP\/3Q2P1\/PPP5\/R4RK1 w - - 0 1\"]<br \/>\n[PlyCount \"5\"]<\/p>\n<p>{Same ideas: forcing moves set up a winning Knight fork.  On which square will<br \/>\nthe fork take place?  Can you arrange it?} 1. Nd5 Qe6 2. Qxe4 Qxe4 3. Nf6+ 1-0<\/p>\n<\/pgn]\n\n\n<h3>4 moves deep<\/h3>\n<p>[Event \"analysis: visualisation\"]<br \/>\n[Site \"?\"]<br \/>\n[Date \"1883.??.??\"]<br \/>\n[Round \"?\"]<br \/>\n[White \"knight fork combination\"]<br \/>\n[Black \"zukertort_englisch\"]<br \/>\n[Result \"1-0\"]<br \/>\n[SetUp \"1\"]<br \/>\n[FEN \"4k3\/p1P3p1\/2q1np1p\/3N4\/8\/1Q3PP1\/6KP\/8 w - - 0 1\"]<br \/>\n[PlyCount \"9\"]<br \/>\n[EventDate \"1883.??.??\"]<\/p>\n<p>1. Qb5 Qxb5 2. c8=Q+ Kf7 3. Qxe6+ Kxe6 4. Nc7+ Kd7 5. Nxb5 1-0<\/p>\n<\/pgn]\n\n\n<h3>5 moves deep<\/h3>\n<p><div class='chessboard-wrapper'><pre style='display:none;'><textarea id='pgn4web_0' style='display:none;' cols='40' rows='8'><\/textarea><\/pre><iframe src='https:\/\/devonjuniorchess.co.uk\/wp\/djca\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-chessboard\/pgn4web\/board.html?am=none&amp;d=3000&amp;ig=f&amp;iv=0&amp;ih=s&amp;ss=26&amp;ps=d&amp;pf=d&amp;lch=CCFFCC&amp;dch=AACCAA&amp;bbch=336633&amp;hm=b&amp;hch=FF6666&amp;bd=c&amp;cbch=F0F0F0&amp;ctch=696969&amp;hd=j&amp;md=f&amp;tm=13&amp;fhch=000000&amp;fhs=14&amp;fmch=000000&amp;fcch=808080&amp;hmch=DAF4D7&amp;fms=14&amp;fcs=m&amp;cd=i&amp;bch=FFFFFF&amp;fp=13&amp;hl=t&amp;fh=b&amp;fw=p&amp;pi=pgn4web_0' frameborder='0' width='100%' height='268' scrolling='no' marginheight='0' marginwidth='0'>your web browser and\/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts<\/iframe><\/div><br \/>\n[Event \"analysis: visualisation\"]<br \/>\n[Site \"analysis: visualisation\"]<br \/>\n[Date \"1948.??.??\"]<br \/>\n[Round \"5\"]<br \/>\n[White \"knight fork combination\"]<br \/>\n[Black \"kofman-sakketi, cor\"]<br \/>\n[Result \"1-0\"]<br \/>\n[SetUp \"1\"]<br \/>\n[FEN \"2k5\/ppp2p1p\/8\/8\/2Nb4\/6qP\/PP6\/3RR2K w - - 0 1\"]<br \/>\n[PlyCount \"9\"]<\/p>\n<p>{White resigned, but...  you know by now, a series of 4 forcing moves set up a<br \/>\nfork on move 5!  This was a postal game, so White had all day to think this<br \/>\nthrough, or even all week...} 1. Re8+ $1 (1. Rxd4 Qxe1+ 2. Kg2 (2. Kh2 Qf2+))<br \/>\n1... Kd7 2. Re3 $1 (2. Rxd4+ Kxe8) 2... Qg7 3. Rxd4+ $1 (3. Ne5+) 3... Qxd4 4.<br \/>\nRd3 $1 Qxd3 5. Ne5+ 1-0<\/p>\n<\/pgn]\n\nStill with me?  Take a deep breath....  Black to move!\n\n\n<h3>6 moves deep<\/h3>\n<p><div class='chessboard-wrapper'><pre style='display:none;'><textarea id='pgn4web_0' style='display:none;' cols='40' rows='8'><\/textarea><\/pre><iframe src='https:\/\/devonjuniorchess.co.uk\/wp\/djca\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-chessboard\/pgn4web\/board.html?am=none&amp;d=3000&amp;ig=f&amp;iv=0&amp;ih=s&amp;ss=26&amp;ps=d&amp;pf=d&amp;lch=CCFFCC&amp;dch=AACCAA&amp;bbch=336633&amp;hm=b&amp;hch=FF6666&amp;bd=c&amp;cbch=F0F0F0&amp;ctch=696969&amp;hd=j&amp;md=f&amp;tm=13&amp;fhch=000000&amp;fhs=14&amp;fmch=000000&amp;fcch=808080&amp;hmch=DAF4D7&amp;fms=14&amp;fcs=m&amp;cd=i&amp;bch=FFFFFF&amp;fp=13&amp;hl=t&amp;fh=b&amp;fw=p&amp;pi=pgn4web_0' frameborder='0' width='100%' height='268' scrolling='no' marginheight='0' marginwidth='0'>your web browser and\/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts<\/iframe><\/div><br \/>\n[Event \"analysis: visualisation\"]<br \/>\n[Site \"analysis: visualisation\"]<br \/>\n[Date \"1909.??.??\"]<br \/>\n[Round \"6\"]<br \/>\n[White \"knight fork combination\"]<br \/>\n[Black \"schlechter-mieses\"]<br \/>\n[Result \"0-1\"]<br \/>\n[SetUp \"1\"]<br \/>\n[FEN \"2k4r\/pppr1ppp\/3bp3\/4P1q1\/2QP2n1\/P4R2\/1P2N1PP\/2RN2K1 b - - 0 1\"]<br \/>\n[PlyCount \"11\"]<\/p>\n<p>{...Qh4 threatens two different mates, but it's not enough by itself.} 1...<br \/>\nBxe5 2. dxe5 Qh4 (2... Nxe5) 3. Rg3 (3. Rh3 Qe1#) (3. h3 {is slightly better,<br \/>\nbut comes to the same thing:} Qe1+ 4. Rf1 Qxf1+ 5. Kxf1 Rxd1+ 6. Rxd1 Ne3+ {<br \/>\nwith two extra pawns and a winning endgame} 7. Ke1 Nxc4) 3... Qxh2+ 4. Kf1<br \/>\nRxd1+ 5. Rxd1 Qxg3 6. Nxg3 Ne3+ {with three extra pawns and a winning endgame}<br \/>\n0-1<\/p>\n<\/pgn]\n\n\n\n<h3>7 moves deep<\/h3>\n<p><div class='chessboard-wrapper'><pre style='display:none;'><textarea id='pgn4web_0' style='display:none;' cols='40' rows='8'><\/textarea><\/pre><iframe src='https:\/\/devonjuniorchess.co.uk\/wp\/djca\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-chessboard\/pgn4web\/board.html?am=none&amp;d=3000&amp;ig=f&amp;iv=0&amp;ih=s&amp;ss=26&amp;ps=d&amp;pf=d&amp;lch=CCFFCC&amp;dch=AACCAA&amp;bbch=336633&amp;hm=b&amp;hch=FF6666&amp;bd=c&amp;cbch=F0F0F0&amp;ctch=696969&amp;hd=j&amp;md=f&amp;tm=13&amp;fhch=000000&amp;fhs=14&amp;fmch=000000&amp;fcch=808080&amp;hmch=DAF4D7&amp;fms=14&amp;fcs=m&amp;cd=i&amp;bch=FFFFFF&amp;fp=13&amp;hl=t&amp;fh=b&amp;fw=p&amp;pi=pgn4web_0' frameborder='0' width='100%' height='268' scrolling='no' marginheight='0' marginwidth='0'>your web browser and\/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts<\/iframe><\/div><br \/>\n[Event \"analysis: visualisation\"]<br \/>\n[Site \"analysis: visualisation\"]<br \/>\n[Date \"1996.??.??\"]<br \/>\n[Round \"7\"]<br \/>\n[White \"knight fork study\"]<br \/>\n[Black \"chekhover\"]<br \/>\n[Result \"1-0\"]<br \/>\n[SetUp \"1\"]<br \/>\n[FEN \"1q6\/8\/8\/8\/4k3\/5N2\/8\/K6Q w - - 0 1\"]<br \/>\n[PlyCount \"13\"]<\/p>\n<p>{White combines threats of skewers and forks to win the Queen.} 1. Ne5+ Ke3 (<br \/>\n1... Kf5 2. Qh3+ $1 Ke4 (2... Kf6 3. Nd7+) 3. Qf3+ Kd4 4. Nc6+) (1... Kf4 2.<br \/>\nQf3+ Kg5) 2. Qe1+ Kf4 3. Qf2+ Kg5 4. Qg3+ Kf5 5. Qg4+ Kxe5 6. Qg3+ Kf5 7. Qxb8<br \/>\n1-0<\/p>\n<\/pgn]\nWhat a fine piece of art, using such simple material!\n\n\n<p>\nHowever far you can go, aim to be able to do one more by practising!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you find and set up knight forks? 1 move deep [Event &#8220;analysis: visualisation&#8221;] [Site &#8220;analysis: visualisation&#8221;] [Date &#8220;1997.??.??&#8221;] [Round &#8220;1&#8221;] [White &#8220;knight fork combination&#8221;] [Black &#8220;one move deep&#8221;] [Result &#8220;1-0&#8221;] [SetUp &#8220;1&#8221;] [FEN &#8220;r3k3\/3n4\/1p6\/3N4\/2R2P2\/4K3\/8\/8 w q &#8211; 0 1&#8221;] [PlyCount &#8220;0&#8221;] {Easy enough I hope: if you know the pattern, it should jump out&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,25,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-improvers","category-tactics","category-thinking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devonjuniorchess.co.uk\/wp\/djca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devonjuniorchess.co.uk\/wp\/djca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devonjuniorchess.co.uk\/wp\/djca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devonjuniorchess.co.uk\/wp\/djca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devonjuniorchess.co.uk\/wp\/djca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/devonjuniorchess.co.uk\/wp\/djca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":642,"href":"https:\/\/devonjuniorchess.co.uk\/wp\/djca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641\/revisions\/642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devonjuniorchess.co.uk\/wp\/djca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devonjuniorchess.co.uk\/wp\/djca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devonjuniorchess.co.uk\/wp\/djca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}