best quick checkmates

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Here are some very quick checkmates:

Those are all really obvious.  Here are some more obscure mates.

When I first started playing chess, I constantly tried to pull this off. I actually succeeded a surprising number of times. It is referred to as Legall's mate.

 

TonightOnly wrote:

When I first started playing chess, I constantly tried to pull this off. I actually succeeded a surprising number of times. It is referred to as Legall's mate.

 im so jealouse i've never been able to make a legal's mate, not even on 3 min blitz

here's a few more, enjoy:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A couple more:

TonightOnly wrote:

When I first started playing chess, I constantly tried to pull this off. I actually succeeded a surprising number of times. It is referred to as Legall's mate.

 

 

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Nice. I never knew about that checkmate.

chesslover the second checkmate you posted is really called fool mate

Cool, I love quick checkmates! Thanks for showing me.

 I might put them on my website/blog: www.geocities.com/chessdiva.show

all of ya nice diagrams

a quick check mate

My opponent wasn't paying attention at the time, but i'll share it anyway :)

this is one of my games it's 12 moves which is still pretty quick