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Originally posted by Chesswickme too. the guy just didnt wanna play or something...maybe he wanted to make zanussi happy!
I see the so-called scholar's mate a lot more than I do the fool's mate.
Interesting. I'm inclined to think it was on purpose.
nobody can be that fool, he is rated 1200 too!😉
Originally posted by zanussiThank God he didnt see A8 - H5. That Queen wooda been ded.
checkmate in 3 in a tournament!
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Originally posted by ark13I believe in my "Chess for Dummies" book, it said they were the same. Or maybe it was blitzkrieg...Hmm. Well, doesn't really matter, either way they're both horrible ways to lose 😛.
Nope. Fool's mate is the one in the game above. Scholar's mate is the moves for one side e4 Bc4 Qf3 Qxf7# or something similar.
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I have to add this one. I invited an old school friend to join the site and he took up the offer. In his first message, he asked me if I remembered when I beat him in under 6 moves when we shared a flat in '89. My response was - "was it like this"
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His response cannot be published.
Here are some unfortunate mates under five moves if anybody is interested.
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Originally posted by GalaxyShield"Chess for Dummies" is wrong in this case. Scholar's Mate is as ark13 described, and the fool's mate is 1.f4 e5 2.g4?? Qh4#.
I believe in my "Chess for Dummies" book, it said they were the same. Or maybe it was blitzkrieg...Hmm. Well, doesn't really matter, either way they're both horrible ways to lose 😛.