Though using knights to block the Scholar's Mate is effective, there are ways that you can not only block the mate, but also put your queen in a good position to deliver a great counterattack to the opposing team. It is also simple and easy to remember.
As you can see, placing the queen on f6 is a prominent move to stop the opposing queen from delivering the Qf7# move. Placing your queen on e7 will also work as well. If done correctly you can safely protect your king without taking risks.
Countering the Scholar's Mate With a Pawn
Another simple piece you can use to block the Scholar's Mate is with a pawn. There are two easy ways to do this. Here is the first example:
With this example, you can see that the Queen is blocked from doing her move and on the next move, white has no choice but to retreat the queen back and that gives you more time to bring your more powerful pieces out. Here is a pawn move that gives your king an opportunity to escape if white somehow makes the queen all the way to that spot:
Just that simple move will block most of the problems that come with this type of event. That is a less recommended move, but if you are in a situation and you don't have time (such as in Bullet), this could be a quick idea. This concludes the Scholar's Mate.
Countering the Scholar's Mate With a Queen
Though using knights to block the Scholar's Mate is effective, there are ways that you can not only block the mate, but also put your queen in a good position to deliver a great counterattack to the opposing team. It is also simple and easy to remember.
As you can see, placing the queen on f6 is a prominent move to stop the opposing queen from delivering the Qf7# move. Placing your queen on e7 will also work as well. If done correctly you can safely protect your king without taking risks.
Countering the Scholar's Mate With a Pawn
Another simple piece you can use to block the Scholar's Mate is with a pawn. There are two easy ways to do this. Here is the first example:
With this example, you can see that the Queen is blocked from doing her move and on the next move, white has no choice but to retreat the queen back and that gives you more time to bring your more powerful pieces out. Here is a pawn move that gives your king an opportunity to escape if white somehow makes the queen all the way to that spot:
Just that simple move will block most of the problems that come with this type of event. That is a less recommended move, but if you are in a situation and you don't have time (such as in Bullet), this could be a quick idea. This concludes the Scholar's Mate.