Fork: queen to f4 (d4)
li-011RDPuzzle rating: 1696Theme: Fork: one piece attacks two targets at once — they can't both be saved.
White to move — find the best continuation
The tactical motive
Fork: one piece attacks two targets at once — they can't both be saved.
White to move — find the best continuation
Solution & explanation
Main line
39. Qxf4+ Bf5 40. Rxf5+ Rxf5 41. Qxf5+
Why it works
- Great move! queen to f4 keeps the pressure (+6.1).
- Well found: rook to f5 (+6.3).
- Strong! queen to f5 is the sharp choice (+6.4).
- You win a piece — the rook.
- If instead Bf5, then Rxf5+ and you win the bishop.
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