fool's mate
Sign in to saveAlso known as 1. f3 e5 2. g4 Qh4#, 1. f4 e5 2. g4 Qh4#, 1. f3 e6 2. g4 Qh4#, 1. f4 e6 2. g4 Qh4#, 1. g4 e6 2. f3 Qh4#, 1. g4 e5 2. f3 Qh4#, 1. g4 e6 2. f4 Qh4#, 1. g4 e5 2. f4 Qh4#
checkmate delivered by Black on move 2 with the queen; an extraordinary blunder by White
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- checkmate pattern
- Subclass of
- chess game
- Sport
- chess
- Image
- AnimECHECS-Le-mat-du-Sot2.gif
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- Portable Game Notation
- g4 Qh4#
- different from
- scholar's mate
- has characteristic
- blunder
- Stack Exchange tag
- chess.stackexchange.com/tags/fools-mate
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Encyclopedic overview
Moves1.f3 e6 2.g4 Qh4# 1.f3 e5 2.g4 Qh4# 1.f4 e6 2.g4 Qh4# 1.f4 e5 2.g4 Qh4# 1.g4 e6 2.f3 Qh4# 1.g4 e6 2.f4 Qh4# 1.g4 e5 2.f3 Qh4# 1.g4 e5 2.f4 Qh4#
OriginGioachino Greco (c. 1620), via Francis Beale (1656) ParentBarnes Opening, Bird Opening, or Grob's Attack
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