How to defend against Fool’s Mate? (deep discuss)

The best response to Fool’s Mate is you can play either g3 in the start or just don’t push the f-pawn (opening the king diagonal)!

The Fool’s Mate happens when you advance the f-pawn too early in the game. It opens the e1-h4 diagonal opening the king for many possible threats. See the example below:

The king is vulnerable if the f-pawn moves early in the game. That’s why it is usually a bad idea to move your f-pawn but if you want to do it, do it with caution!

Have you checkmated anyone with Fool’s Mate or Have got checkmated yourself?

I can remember 2 games when I won with the Fool’s Mate, both were around when I started playing chess professionally! The feeling was amazing & I was shocked to see it could happen in the real world…