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Sunday, February 9, 2014

The Fool's Mate

        The fool’s mate is the quickest possible checkmate in a chess game.

The Fool's Mate
 The simplest version of this game is as              follows:
  • White plays Pf3  
  • Black plays Pe5 
  • White plays Pg4 
  • Black plays Qh4 and captures the white’s king.


Note that the white has to be a very naive player to open up for the black’s queen. Hence, this is why the mate is called “The Fool’s Mate.”




                           

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