Fool's mate, also known as the "two-move checkmate", is the quickest possible checkmate in the game of chess.
The checkmate occurs extremely rarely in actual games, since it requires the player with the White pieces to be a willing accomplice in his own downfall.
There are several possible variations on the Fool's Mate, all of which result in White being checkmated after just 2 moves, but the most common form is:
Fool's mate, also known as the "two-move checkmate", is the quickest possible checkmate in the game of chess.
The checkmate occurs extremely rarely in actual games, since it requires the player with the White pieces to be a willing accomplice in his own downfall.
There are several possible variations on the Fool's Mate, all of which result in White being checkmated after just 2 moves, but the most common form is:
1.f3 e5 2.g4 Qh4#