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Knight checks

A knight and a king. Could the knight check in one move?

A Knight checks round: a knight and a king, and “Can the knight check in one move?”A Knight checks round: a knight and a king, and “Can the knight check in one move?”
No boardJust two squares
Yes or noOne question
1, 2 or 3 minTime limit

How it works

  1. 1

    A knight and a king

    Two squares, no board.

  2. 2

    Could it check?

    In one move. Yes or no.

  3. 3

    See the square

    A miss shows where it needed to go.

What it trains

Knight forks and checks are the easiest tactics to miss, because the knight moves unlike anything else.

This makes knight geometry automatic.

Questions

Why knights?

They are the piece players most often lose track of, and the one that forks most.

How long is a round?

1, 2 or 3 minutes.

Stop losing games to moves you didn’t see.

60 of every 100 lost games are a missed tactic.Free to start, no card needed.

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