Don't Become a Fool in Chess!! # Blog 9(B)
Tricky and Fool's checkmates are the main theme of this article. And we are going to start with the funniest checkmate among of them all The two move checkmate or the Fool’s mate - Let’s look at these checkmates that are standard 1st-time player mates to learn. The two move checkmate – The Fool’s mate This first simple mate (and actually entire GAME) we’re going to learn is titled “Fool’s Mate” because “only a fool would make such moves”! It is the fastest possible checkmate where the entire game lasts only TWO MOVES! 1. f3 e5; 2. g4 Qh4# FOOL'S MATE We can observe that there are several conditions that need to be for the Fool’s mate to happen: White’s g pawn has to be on g4, in order not to be able to block the check of the Black Queen. White’s f pawn has to be on f3 or f4, in order for the e1-h4 diagonal to be clear. White’s king has to be hemmed in by his own pieces. For instance, if there was no queen or d1 or pawn d2, there would be no checkmate as th