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But however elementary, it was hotly discussed recently in the electronic newsletter of an Amsterdam chess club. This started when one contributor, commenting on his �d6 which attacked two Rooks on b8 and f4, innocently called that a fork. In the next issue, somebody else protested that this wasn't a fork at all because the teeth of a real fork do not point away from each other. When the discussion really got going, it turned out there were vastly different views about what a fork really is. " There was also somebody who thought a fork is only a fork when the forking piece moves to the square where it forks.
A ••• A fork may also be a serial fork: aimed directly at mate, as in this elegant problem by the great American wizard: White mates in 3, Sam Loyd, Leipziger IUustrierle Zeitung 1869. 1. �fl! �bl 2 . �g6+ . g. W. And after l .
If a game is duplicated in the database, it distorts the results. Games by weak players or decided by blunders (or on time against the run of play) are also highly misleading. Even when your database is both large and clean - so that the analysis can be at its most revealing - you have to remember that one strong move can be a counter example that blows a hole in any sample based on previous play. What is most convenient about this Opening Report feature of CB7 is that it gives access to the games in your database in a convenient way.