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My dad once challenged me (again) and I really didn't want to play, so I ran Fool's Mate on him (I had read it in some book of chess challenges). He never aske
by raintrees 13y ago
My dad once challenged me (again) and I really didn't want to play, so I ran Fool's Mate on him (I had read it in some book of chess challenges). He never asked again, it was kind of ruined for him... Gotta watch those teenagers, I wasn't nice sometimes when my free reading was being interrupted.
Edit: glad I grew up some...
- pzxc 13y agoNot to nitpick, but I'm sure you mean Scholar's Mate, where you attack the pawn in front of the king's bishop with two pieces (usually queen and bishop/knight) and win in 4 moves or so. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholar%27s_mate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholar%27s_mate Many people erroneously call this fool's mate, but fool's mate is actually the shortest chess game possible (win in 2 moves), which is virtually impossible (you'd have to be playing against someone that really doesn't know what they're doing AND they'd have to move the two specific pawns to allow it). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fool%27s_mate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fool%27s_mate
- raintrees 13y agoThank you, yes, he moved a piece or two outside of the pattern, but everything else worked a treat: Queen and Bishop trapped his King, I think maybe 7 moves or so, including the stumbles.