This is one variation of the Scholar's mate.

Why?  It's just plain bad.

if you can perform this mate, you should search for better opponents ;)

It's just plain but, people can make much mistake for the simple thing.

I think it's not so bad to review the simple thing again.

sangyk wrote:

It's just plain but, people can make much mistake for the simple thing.

I think it's not so bad to review the simple thing again.

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 In a basic book, this mate was presented as a sneaky trick inexperienced players fall for, so for those less experienced, it's good to know. :-)

sangyk wrote:

It's just plain but, people can make much mistake for the simple thing.

I think it's not so bad to review the simple thing again.

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 I agree, chess.com is for players of all levels so reviewing the simpler things is a good idea. Sometimes we can forget about players who have just started learning.

Actually, the reason to study/review such basic mates is for thematic reasons.  I may never be able to pull off a scholar's mate against an experienced opponent, but the threat of such a mate in the middle-game may give me a benefit elsewhere.

Why not to try this competitively:

if you brought your queen out...and someone counters with knights... i think it'd be better to leave the queen liquid and retreat/defend with her...as opposed to bringing out the second knight as the develope/defend move(5 Nc3)... i mean, if your early mate gimick didn't work, you should assume they're looking to capitalize on your wasted move retreating your queen.

this is how I opened when I started playing. (wins the rook + position)

about half of the players responded like this.

(yeah, I know I was young) 

omnipaul wrote: Actually, the reason to study/review such basic mates is for thematic reasons.  I may never be able to pull off a scholar's mate against an experienced opponent, but the threat of such a mate in the middle-game may give me a benefit elsewhere.

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 Well pointed out! The weak points f2/f7 are discussed in 'The art of attack'.

Try this one: