checkmate in under 5 moves!

checkmate in 3 in a tournament!
Game 1220037

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.

Originally posted by Chesswick
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.

Originally posted by zanussi
checkmate in 3 in a tournament!
Game 1220037

Originally posted by Chesswick
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.

Originally posted by Chesswick
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.

Originally posted by GalaxyShield
Umm, scholar's and fool's mate are the same thing, just different names.

Originally posted by ark13
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.

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"

Game 1443322

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
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 😛.

Originally posted by GalaxyShield
Umm, scholar's and fool's mate are the same thing, just different names.

Originally posted by Bowmann
Wrong mate 😵