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KNIGHT FORKS (DD,DDD)! KNIGHT FORKS (DD,DDD)!
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Kamsky threatens two royal forks, 41 - Nc4-a5+ and 41 - Ne6xd4+
Mamedyarov vs Kamsky, 2007 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 41 moves, 0-1

21 .. Ne6xd4!! Kasparov prepares to fork White c1-rook, g1-king
Sasikiran vs Kasparov, 2002 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 0-1

SuperGM Gelfand missed knight forks 29 Ng4-f6+! and 29 Ng4xh6+!
Topalov vs Gelfand, 2008 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

53 - Rd5-d1! trades White c1-rook which stops c2-pawn queening
Avrukh vs Kamsky, 2007 
(A64) Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8, 53 moves, 0-1

Anand's 13 Rd1-d8+!, 14 Ne5xf7+ is as simple as they come
Anand vs N Sulava, 2004 
(C10) French, 17 moves, 1-0

19 Ne4-d6!! Qe6xNd6 20 Ne5-f7+ forks Black d8-king,d6-queen
Short vs Timman, 2008 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 0-1

17 ... Ne6-d4+ forks c2-king,f3-queen, Black regains his queen
Smeets vs Adams, 2008 
(C45) Scotch Game, 28 moves, 0-1

35 Rb2xb6! White f4-knight has a fork which wins two pawns,game
D King vs Larsen, 1991 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 73 moves, 1-0

44 Rf4-f5! based on knight fork 45 Ne4xBd6+ and then 46 Nd6xRf5
J Polgar vs I Sokolov, 2003 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 44 moves, 1-0

19 Qb3xb7! snatches a pawn based on the knight fork 20 Nc4-d6+
Kasparov vs Andersson, 1985 
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 40 moves, 1-0

28 Rd1-d7+! based on the knight fork 28 ... Qc7xRd7 29 Ng6xe5+
Tukmakov vs D Norwood, 1990 
(A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 28 moves, 1-0

49 ... Qe1xRf2+! is based on the royal fork 50 ... Nf6xe4+
D Flores vs Radjabov, 2005 
(A26) English, 49 moves, 0-1

32 Rc8xNc6! Ra6xRc6 33 Nc4xe5+ forks the Black c6-rook,f7-king
R Mamedov vs S Feller, 2008 
(C10) French, 32 moves, 1-0

25 Ng4-f6 White creates knight fork threat to undef b6-queen
A Stukopin vs B Hasenohr, 2008 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

S Sursock vs Larsen, 1970 
(B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 12 moves, 0-1

N Firman vs Areshchenko, 2008 
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 18 moves, 1-0

43 Qd1-d6+!!, 44 Rh7xBf7+! sets up royal fork 45 Nb7xRd6+ +-
Topalov vs Carlsen, 2008 
(B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 48 moves, 1-0

Seirawan vs B M Kogan, 1986 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 1-0

26 Rc1-c7! Qe7xRc7?? 27 Nf4xe6+ forks Black c7-queen,f8-king
Adams vs S Vanderwaeren, 1994 
(C00) French Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

26 Nc4-b6! Qd8xNb6? 27 Ne5-d7 forks the b6-queen, undef f6-rook
Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2009 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 79 moves, 1/2-1/2

Kramnik vs Shirov, 2007 
(A15) English, 34 moves, 1-0

Kramnik vs Van Wely, 2004 
(B30) Sicilian, 45 moves, 1-0

17 .. Qd8xd4! Black f4-knight checks White g1-king on e2-square
Tkachiev vs Carlsen, 2009 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 27 moves, 0-1

20 Rc5-c8+! Qd7xRc8 leads to the crushing royal fork 21 Ne4-d6+
Aronian vs C Seel, 2002 
(B01) Scandinavian, 29 moves, 1-0

Aronian vs S Beshukov, 2000 
(B30) Sicilian, 27 moves, 1-0

von Bardeleben vs M Harmonist, 1887 
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0

Navara vs Z Ruzicka, 1997 
(C48) Four Knights, 21 moves, 1-0

Aronian vs Gelfand, 2010 
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1-0

One of the best knight fork combos I have ever seen
J Jirka vs Tkachiev, 2009 
(A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 23 moves, 0-1

Le Quang Liem vs Kamsky, 2011 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 27 moves, 1-0

Larsen vs R Hernandez Onna, 1989 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 21 moves, 0-1

56 ... b4-b3! White b2-rook cannot defend d2-base, b3-square
Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2008 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 57 moves, 0-1

16 ... Qd3xNd2! is 0-1 as 17 Qd1xQd2 Ne5-f3+ wins a whole piece
M Mulyar vs Van Wely, 2011 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 0-1

38 Kh1-g2?? Rc3xNc2! 0-1 as 39 Re2xRc2 Nd5-e3+ wins a piece
D Bocharov vs A Reshetnikov, 2011 
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 38 moves, 0-1

31...Qxb6+! 0–1 After White recaptures his queen and king get
Nunn vs J Mestel, 1978 
(B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 31 moves, 0-1

D Lintchevski vs A Mokshanov, 2012 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 1-0

32 Rd6-c6! 1-0 as 32 ... Rc5xRc6 33 Nc4xe5+ wins another pawn
Kosteniuk vs P Cramling, 2014 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 32 moves, 1-0

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