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...

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...

Nxh5 8. Bg6# Checkmate patterns Damiano Defence List of chess traps Scholar's mate Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1992). The Oxford Companion to Chess...

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...

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"...

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...

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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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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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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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