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As the title goes, we will look into what is fork and how we can use it in our game. Knight is well known for its unique L shape movement. There is a weapon Knight can use that threatens opponent pieces and forces them to choose between two higher value pieces, leaving one of them vulnerable for knight to capture. This concept is called as  Fork .  Knight is one scary piece in a strong position . One thing chess players are wary of is Knight and its brilliance way of using Fork. The knight's fork is a tactical maneuver that involves your knight attacking two or more pieces simultaneously, putting your opponent in a difficult position. With having the ability to jump over pieces, the knight can become an unstoppable force, lurking in the shadows, ready to pounce on unsuspecting targets & weak squares. Fork concept can be used by all pieces but it is mainly famous by Knight . Let's say our knight jumps into action & targets both the enemy's queen and rook, threatening...

 As we can clearly see in the above picture, there are mainly three directions we are concerned with in chess. 1. Files also known as Vertical Squares 2. Ranks also known as Horizontal Squares 3. Diagonal also known as The Cross Squares.  Files can be a-h. We read a particular file as "a file", "b file", "c file", "d file", "e file", "f file", "g file", "h file". Ranks can be 1-8. We read a particular rank as "1st rank". "2nd rank". "3rd rank". "4th rank". "5th rank". "6th rank". "7th rank". "8th rank". Files and ranks are used to determine squares on the chessboard, e.g. "a1" , "b6", "g2", etc, we learn more about these when we learn notation. Diagonal : From the above picture, let's name the diagonals we marked in red. a1 to h8 is one diagonal (we can read it h8-a1 as well) f1 to a6 is one ...