Egoigwe playing white, mate in 5. Fool's mate or close?

Who that fool? 

Nice.  I guess that happens.  Some one did it to me like that, but Im more careful now.

Wow. It goes to show that even in the opening it is important to pay attention and think about each move.

This is fools mate:

It's difficult to believe that any player rated 1704 would EVER play that badly.

Ray_Brooks wrote:It's difficult to believe that any player rated 1704 would EVER play that badly.

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Yeah he must have been playing blindfolded or something. 

Perhaps we could call this pattern the noncodependent fool's mate, to distinguish it from the pattern where the it does not work unless the victim actively makes supporting moves.

I've also heard it called the Loomis Mate.

Reservesmonkey wrote:I've also heard it called the Loomis Mate.

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 You have? I wonder who gave it that name.

No, it's not known as the Loomis mate. It's known as Scholar's Mate.

I've also heard it given the other name of Fool's Mate.  Then again, I was never shown the 'real' Fool's Mate (1. f4 e6 2. g4 Qh4#) and only learned it by trial and error on my own a long time ago.

I find that a few players on this site start their games off like this (see diagram below). I suppose to get an easy win if possible.

 

 

JuliusH wrote:

I find that a few players on this site start their games off like this (see diagram below). I suppose to get an easy win if possible.

 

 

 

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I've seen a few players start that way as well and I agree it's a mistake.  However that position is actually in some openings like "Bishop's Opening - Blitzkreig"

It's an easily parried threat that risks the Queen and will (usually) waste some moves for White.