chess, scholar's mate is the checkmate achieved by the following moves, or similar: 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6?? 4. Qxf7# The same mating pattern...
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Checkmate (redirect from Forced mate)
checkmate is shown in the diagram. It is also known as the corridor mate. The scholar's mate (also known as the four-move checkmate) is the checkmate achieved...
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Nxh5 8. Bg6# Checkmate patterns Damiano Defence List of chess traps Scholar's mate Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1992). The Oxford Companion to Chess...
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Qf3 As with the similar Danvers Opening (2.Qh5), White hopes for the scholar's mate (2...Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5?? 4.Qxf7#), but Black can easily avoid the attack...
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Checkmate pattern (redirect from Epaulette mate)
king or a pawn. Outline of chess § Checkmate patterns Fool's mate Scholar's mate Stamma's mate "36 Checkmate Patterns That All Chess Players Should Know"...
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against the Modern Defense involving an early Bc4 and Qf3, threatening "Scholar's mate", it is strictly defined by the sequence of moves: 1. e4 g6 2. Bc4 Bg7...
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Alice chess (section Scholar's mate)
legal move on board A. Therefore, it is checkmate. Another form of fool's mate: 1. e4 d6 2. Bc4 Qxd2? 3. Bb5# And another: 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nf6? 3. Qxe5#...
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ScholarMate (Chinese: 科研之友; pinyin: kē yán zhī yǒu) is a professional research social network platform that connect people to research and innovate smarter...
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Tarrasch Trap Fishing Pole Trap Sicilian Defence: Magnus Smith Trap Siberian Trap Vienna Gambit: Würzburger Trap Fool's mate Scholar's mate Swindle (chess)...
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Mahte (redirect from Juhras mate)
of the Mate characters: Bangu māte - Mother of Waves Ceļa māte - Mother of Roads Dārza māte - Mother of Gardens Dēkla māte Gausu māte Jūras māte - considered...
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Mate or maté (/ˈmɑːteɪ/ MAH-tay, Spanish: [ˈmate], Portuguese: [ˈmatʃi]) is a traditional South American caffeine-rich infused herbal drink. It is also...
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Barnes Opening (section Fool's mate)
the fool's mate: 1.f3 e5 2.g4 Qh4#. Of all of White's legal moves after 1.f3 e5, only one allows mate in one, while another, 2.h3, allows mate in two: 2...
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easily refuted. For example, one variation of a simple trap known as the Scholar's mate (see animated diagram) can be recorded: 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5?! Nc6 3. Bc4...
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plunder the enemy position and deliver an early checkmate, such as the scholar's mate. Early queen attacks are rare in high-level chess, but there are some...
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amateurs, 3.Qf3 and 3.Qh5 are also popular, threatening an immediate Scholar's mate. But the threat is easily met (e.g. 3.Qh5 Qe7) and the moves are considered...
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Omega Chess (section Scholar's mate)
a lone queen (without the king's assistance) can force mate. Two rooks find it easy to mate provided the enemy king is not in a wizard or champion starting...
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progeny (see mating systems). For animals, mating strategies include random mating, disassortative mating, assortative mating, or a mating pool. In some...
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To defeat a much higher-ranked player, especially a titled player. Scholar's mate A four-move checkmate (common among novices) in which White plays 1...
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Blitzkrieg (game), a tabletop wargame published by Avalon Hill in 1965 Scholar's mate, a chess beginner's blunder Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the...
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than a queen if a particular angle is required for a mating attack, such as certain smothered mates. The humble pawn becomes more and more valuable the...
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player or small group of players can be used to gain an advantage. A scholar's mate is a special set of moves can allow a player to win in four moves, usually...
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Shekhar Ganguly as white in 8 moves in a Scotch Game that ended in a scholar's mate. This was a rare instance of such a checkmate occurring in a master-level...
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can give mate, provided that an advantageous position exists. The continuation's mating position is a model mate, a strong form of pure mate in which...
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by friendly pieces. Fool's mate – shortest possible checkmate, on Black's second move. It is rare in practice. Scholar's mate – checkmate in as few as four...
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theoretical chess endings have been found. The longest seven-piece example is a mate-in-549 position discovered in the Lomonosov tablebase by Guy Haworth, ignoring...
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c3, it has ensnared many chess novices and can provide a quick and easy mate against players unfamiliar with the line. 3...f5 (Rousseau Gambit). White...
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After 6...Kxf7, play usually continues 7.Qf3+ Ke6 (7...Kg8?? leads to a mate in 3 after 8.Bxd5+) 8.Nc3 (diagram). Black will play 8...Nb4 and follow up...
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Gambit is 2.g4??, since black will respond with Qh4#, which is a Fool’s mate. The flexible 1...Nf6 is also possible. Then if White plays 2.b3?! (2.Nf3...
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Tsume shogi (section Mating with gold)
bishop (...G*82, Bx82+). Like the famous Scholar's mate in western chess, shogi has a well-known early mate sequence related to the joseki for Cheerful...
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A running mate is a person running together with another person on a joint ticket during an election. The term is most often used in reference to the person...
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