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The Double-Double, or Fork of Weight 2
Compiled by Gilmoy
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Pattern elements:
1. 1st line-mover (usually an R) attacks 1st target with weight 1, defended once. (The target can be an empty square.)

2. 2nd line-mover (usually a B) attacks 2nd target with weight 1, defended once.

3. Move your Q onto the intersection of #1 and #2. This reduces to a simple fork, as if the R+B + both defenders were not present.


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As the Q must generally be behind the R and in front of the B, this further necessitates:

4. an R lift

5. a B thing (develop + retreat) or fianchetto

Astronomy: Epsilon Lyrae, an easy binocular/spotter scope double (208.2"), of which each "star" is itself a tight double (~2.5"). Splitting all 4 stars simultaneously (in the same field) is a canonical test of your optics and collimation.

20.Rf3 21.Bg1 22.Qf2
Rubinstein vs Hromadka, 1923 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0

GotD 2010/09/14 "Great Dane": 9.Bb2 30.Rc4 (threatens 32.Qc3)
Larsen vs A Matanovic, 1965 
(E07) Catalan, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0

24.Bd4 38.Ra6 42.Qa1
Radjabov vs Koneru, 2008 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 53 moves, 1-0

13.Bb2 29.Rc3 33.Qc2
Ivanchuk vs Vallejo-Pons, 2011 
(A20) English, 37 moves, 1-0

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