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    Standard memberhunterknox
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    17 Nov '12 00:421 edit
    Seeing as my opponent's too modest to post this, behold the fork to end all forks - every major piece and the king...

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    Anyone got a better one than that?
  2. Subscriber64squaresofpain
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    17 Nov '12 03:00
    All major pieces plus the king lol, i dont think anyone can do better than that
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    Standard memberpaulbuchmanfromfics
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    17 Nov '12 03:26
    Your thread title setup so many punchlines! 🙂
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    17 Nov '12 03:39
    Nice. Not to take anything away from your opponent's move, but he could have played 25 N e6 and they your dark squared bishop would have been forked as well!
  5. Standard membervivify
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    17 Nov '12 04:271 edit
    Wow, four major pieces, plus a pawn. It's like a fork peacock.
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    Standard memberSwissGambit
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    17 Nov '12 06:37
    Originally posted by hunterknox
    Seeing as my opponent's too modest to post this, behold the fork to end all forks - every major piece and the king...

    [pgn][Event "August 2012 Banded Duel 1700-1750"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2012.10.24"] [EndDate "2012.11.15"] [Round "3"] [White "jayo"] [Black "hunterknox"] [WhiteRating "1656"] [BlackRating "1667"] [WhiteElo "1656"] [ ...[text shortened]... h!} Kg7h6 28. Ne6xc7 1-0[/pgn]

    Anyone got a better one than that?
    Just imagine if the f2 wasn't there and you could have answered NxQ with ...Bg5+!! 🙂
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    Standard memberSwissGambit
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    17 Nov '12 07:01
    Originally posted by paulbuchmanfromfics
    Your thread title setup so many punchlines! 🙂
    Top Ten reasons I declined to Fork You:

    10) You never let me do it from the 8th rank.
    9) Last time I did, my Knight came back with spots.
    8) I was afraid my Bishop would get trapped.
    7) Don't want to have to make any more pawn support payments.
    6) You'll just complain that a black Knight would have been taller.
    5) If I play one blitz game, you'll expect a whole tournament.
    4) My pawn doesn't have any lead in it (it fell out, honestly, it did)
    3) Recently polished the Bishop and it's not quite ready for a new game.
    2) Rumor has it that you'll spread your Rooks for anyone.

    And finally... the NUMBER ONE reason I declined to fork you:

    *drum roll*

    1) I couldn't get my pawn to promote.
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    Standard memberpaulbuchmanfromfics
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    17 Nov '12 08:29
    Originally posted by SwissGambit
    Top Ten reasons I declined to Fork You:

    10) You never let me do it from the 8th rank.
    9) Last time I did, my Knight came back with spots.
    8) I was afraid my Bishop would get trapped.
    7) Don't want to have to make any more pawn support payments.
    6) You'll just complain that a black Knight would have been taller.
    5) If I play one blitz game, ...[text shortened]... NE reason I declined to fork you:

    *drum roll*

    1) I couldn't get my pawn to promote.
    LOL ...
    With all these reasons, I guess he'll just have to go fork himself!
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    Standard memberchessicle
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    17 Nov '12 13:40
    Originally posted by SmittyTime
    Nice. Not to take anything away from your opponent's move, but he could have played 25 N e6 and they your dark squared bishop would have been forked as well!
    Except the knight was pinned to the king until the bishop took the rook on h4 - which was on h4 for that reason and that reason alone!
  10. Standard memberMarinkatomb
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    17 Nov '12 16:47
    Haha, that's a whopper! 😀
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    Standard memberchessicle
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    17 Nov '12 17:03
    I'd forgotten this, because it was a long time ago, but I've done the same thing, on the same square!

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  12. Standard membervivify
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    17 Nov '12 17:07
    Why is it that in both games posted, the one who's forked waits until after the queen is captured to resign? As if that's not the obvious move?
  13. Standard memberMarinkatomb
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    17 Nov '12 17:17
    Originally posted by vivify
    Why is it that in both games posted, the one who's forked waits until after the queen is captured to resign? As if that's not the obvious move?
    Perhaps to say gg?
  14. Standard membervivify
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    17 Nov '12 18:25
    Originally posted by Marinkatomb
    Perhaps to say gg?
    Ah, true. Sportsman-like conduct does exist.
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    Standard memberhunterknox
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    17 Nov '12 19:05
    Originally posted by vivify
    Why is it that in both games posted, the one who's forked waits until after the queen is captured to resign? As if that's not the obvious move?
    Pick one...

    1) a neat move or combo deserves to be played out.
    2) As SwissGambit points out I had the odd latent threats going and was still trying to work out if I could make any of them work. From that position if black could find a way to getting two pieces for the queen, drop both on the open files and coordinate both bishops then all is not lost.
    3) the gg thing

    Chessicle: interesting game, now please teach me how to forget!
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