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  • I just went through lesson 8.2. I’m actually in the middle of a game as I write this (and don’t expect an answer before the game ends, so no worries about cheating). I have a passed pawn. Queens are off the board. Some minor pieces have been traded, but both of us still have both rooks and at least one knight or bishop. I have a passed…

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  • Hi, Nelson (and everyone else). I’m on the Fork chapter and looking at the first Advanced exercise. I think there’s another fork than the ones you point out. In this one, the queen can capture the pawn on a7. I thought you were going to talk about the fork being either a capture, or threatening check mate. When the queen captures the pawn…

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    • Hey Keith, that is a good idea but I think black can play Rg8 which saves the rook and also stops the checkmate!

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      • Hey Keith, I was going to make the same comment. I guess that’s why we’re taking this course, and not teaching it.

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