The Scholar's Mate (Checkmate Study)
Hey Everyone! Today, I want to review the 4-move checkmate, The Scholar's Mate! A troll opening one might say but a great weapon against weaker or even stronger chess players.
This Lesson Will Contain A:
- A Short-Lesson
- Two Puzzles
- Additional Resources
The Scholar's Mate
The Scholar's Mate usually goes something like this.
We also see this to.
A Little Bit Of History:
The Scholar's Mate was named and described in The Royall Game of Chesse-Play, a 1656 text by Francis Beale which adapted the work of the early chess writer Gioachino Greco.[1] The example given above is an adaptation of that reported by Beale.
The Schollers Mate.
White kings pawne one houſe.
Black kings pawne the ſame.
White Queen to the contrary kings Rookes fourth houſe
Black Queens knight to her Biſhops third houſe
White kings Biſhop to the queens Biſhops fourth houſe
Black kings knight to the kings Biſhops third houſe
White queen takes the contrary kings Biſhops pawne gives mate.
— Beale, The Royall Game of Chesse-Play[2]
All of the details are coherent from the modern perspective except for the first moves by each player—if Black's pawn advances only one square, this prevents White's bishop from supporting the white queen to give mate. Beale's text was an early modern account of the rules and tactics of chess, including concepts such as the ability of a pawn to advance two squares on its first move, en passant, forks, and exchange.[3] However, the document treated a then-exotic subject during the early days of printing; consequently the publisher attached a list of errata at the back, following publication.[4] Thus, the text "one houſe" describing the first move (advancing one square) may have been a mistake.
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