Questions: Tactics 1: forks, pins and skewers
New numbers every time.
Forks
- Knight forkMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Knight fork (Black)Move, 1 mark, Plus
- Queen forkMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Queen fork (Black)Move, 1 mark, Plus
- Pawn forkMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Pawn fork (Black)Move, 1 mark, Plus
- Rook forkMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Rook fork (Black)Move, 1 mark, Plus
- Bishop forkMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Bishop fork (Black)Move, 1 mark, Plus
- The royal forkMove, 1 mark, Plus
- The royal fork (Black)Move, 1 mark, Plus
- What does the fork attack?Show, 2 marks, Plus
- What does the fork attack? (Black)Show, 2 marks, Plus
- What does the fork win?Count, 1 mark, Plus
- What a fork isRecall, 1 mark, Plus
- Does the fork work?Explain, 1 mark, Plus
- How many does it attack?Count, 1 mark, Plus
Pins
- Spot the pinShow, 1 mark, Plus
- Spot the pin (Black)Show, 1 mark, Plus
- A pin to the queenShow, 1 mark, Plus
- A pin to the queen (Black)Show, 1 mark, Plus
- Make a pinMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Make a pin (Black)Move, 1 mark, Plus
- Pin to the queenMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Pin to the queen (Black)Move, 1 mark, Plus
- Attack the pinned pieceMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Attack the pinned piece (Black)Move, 1 mark, Plus
- Can the pinned piece move?Explain, 1 mark, Plus
- How far can a pinned piece go?Count, 1 mark, Plus
- What a pin isRecall, 1 mark, Plus
Skewers
- Skewer the kingMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Skewer the king (Black)Move, 1 mark, Plus
- What does the skewer win?Show, 1 mark, Plus
- What does the skewer win? (Black)Show, 1 mark, Plus
- Skewer the queenMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Skewer the queen (Black)Move, 1 mark, Plus
- What does the skewer win?Count, 1 mark, Plus
- Pin or skewerRecall, 1 mark, Plus
- Name the tacticIdentify, 1 mark, Plus
Unit 4 practice
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