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A knight gave check and attacked the queen at the same time, from a square where it could not simply be taken. The ones that won the queen come first.

Ties: queen won next move first, then board.

Updated 22 Sept 2026, 00:46 CEST

So far

33forks

Over 6 rounds; the most in one round, 8 in round 4.

Round by round

Round 1

6forks

26… Nf3+, the queen was not takenFM Reinis Paikens LAT 22961againstSandor Talas IOM 17960
21… Ne4+, the queen was not takenFM Wilton Inacio Calicoca MOZ 19530againstIM Arash Daghli IRI 24291
31… Ne3+, the game ended thereCM Egesa emmanuel UGA 20760againstGM Xiangrui Kong CHN 25491

3 more

29… Nd4+, the game ended thereSanker Kim CAM 15830againstCM Adib Arkadan LBN 21481
32. Nf6+, the game ended thereFM Fareed Ahmed UAE 21321againstOmario Pope GRN 14310
50… Nxh3+, the queen was not takenCM Justin Parsons BAR 19060againstGM Manuel Petrosyan ARM 25691

Wednesday 16 September

Round 2

6forks

43. Ne7+, the queen fell next moveIM Reza Mahdavi IRI 24851againstFM Daniel Pinto BOL 23370
31… Ne2+, the queen fell next moveMothudi Mogotsi Arnold BOT 19140againstCM Moawia Ahmed Holi Ali SUD 20891
42… Nxa5+, the queen fell next moveMarc Delrieu VAN 15640againstIM Amba Oyon Marius Claude CMR 19631

3 more

22. Nf6+, the queen was not takenFM Xavier Mompel Ferruz GEQ 23401againstMohammed Midhat Abdulrahman LBA 20910
30… Nh3+, the queen was not takenJamiedson Temaki NRU 17011againstAhmad Awad PLE 18080
49. Ng3+, the queen was not takenGM MarcAndria Maurizzi FRA 26121againstIM Dejan Marjanovic BIH 23900

Thursday 17 September

Round 3

6forks

15. Ne7+, the queen fell next moveFM Patrick Kawuma UGA 22370againstIM Gilbert Elroy Tarigan INA 24161
32… Ne2+, the queen fell next moveLumen Paco Semeko TOG 17440againstSantiago De Nobrega SWZ 17651
18. Ne6+, the queen fell next moveDelrieu Pierre VAN 17311againstPhilip Hanna Jr BAH 18380

3 more

31. Nf7+, the queen was not takenPaulo Fernandes de Carvalho TLS 18101againstRaheem Hodge IVB 15740
20. Ne7+, the queen was not takenIM Elias Ruzhansky BEL 24271againstGM Bardiya Daneshvar IRI 25720
31… Ne2+, the queen was not takenEnrique Allo Collante PAR 2172½againstCM Charles Eichab NAM 1945½

Friday 18 September

Round 4

8forks

26… Ne3+, the queen fell next moveNoah Lemeto Halferty MHL0againstTau Satini TGA1
52… Nf6+, the queen fell next moveWinston Gerald Mansfield Thomas SLE 1928½againstFM Simplice Armel De Gondo CIV 2071½
18… Nc4+, the queen was not takenJunior Lui SOL 18190againstMamadou Diandia Barry GUI1

5 more

24. Nxd7+, the queen was not takenGM Vignir Vatnar Stefansson ISL 25311againstIM Josue Araujo Sanchez DOM 23190
42. Nf5+, the game ended thereFM Raheem Glaves JAM 21271againstFM Rurik Capella CUR 19460
24. Nd7+, the queen was not takenTapiwa Jele ZIM 22041againstCM Abdulrahman Al Ibrahim KUW 20220
34… Ne3+, the queen was not takenCM Shaun M Tracey CAY 17670againstCM Joao Farisse MOZ 20371
25… Nc3+, the queen was not takenDe V R Joao Car Bartilotti MAC 15450againstCM Taffin Khan GUY 20051

Saturday 19 September

Round 5

4forks

18… Ne4+, the queen was not takenFM Ahmed Abdullah S Alrehaili KSA 21061againstIM Jose Camacho Collados WLS 23580
20. Ng6+, the queen was not takenFM John Ranel Morazo PLW 22421againstCM Goru Arvind FIJ 17520
28… Nxf3+, the queen was not takenRaheem Hodge IVB 15740againstGary Clark JCI 18311

1 more

26… Ng3+, the game ended thereAputsiak Niels Janussen GRL0againstAvian Pride BAH 18291

Sunday 20 September

Round 6

3forks

23. Ne7+, the queen fell next moveMarc Arnold Amako CIV 19151againstDylan Flanagan BER 16720
39. Nf7+, the game ended thereCM Mohamed Saeed Laily UAE 20881againstEduardo Elena URU 21320
24… Nf3+, the queen was not takenFM Ezio Righi SMR 18691againstSimelane Nhlanhla SWZ 15580

Monday 21 September