scholar's mate
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checkmate position (1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Qh5 Nf6 4. Qxf7#)
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Encyclopedic overview
In chess, scholar's mate is the checkmate achieved by the following moves, or similar:
e4 e5
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