Not 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)

Not 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