Reverse Scholars Mate Gambit

The consensus on publishing games- you stick well within parameters. All games may be posted, just keep your opponent anonymous. That's all we ask. 

Not an astounding mate, but well done nonetheless. 

Is that the consensus, actually? I think if someone were to post a game against me, I'd prefer it if I were named. Even the very stupid losses. But I agree that when I've posted games, I usually make the other player anonymous.

Has this been discussed before?

Scholar's Mate...any variation of it...just not worth posting a game containing it, ever.

The first move is the old benoni opening (in the modern benoni, Nf6 is played first).  The point is that after dxc5 the pawns can't be held onto without far too much effort (it's acquisition can be forced with Qa5).  And if white simply gives up the extra pawn, he will end up with one less central pawn.

The most common, and best variation for white instead is advancing the pawn forward with d5, gaining a space advantage.  So you will rarely see this variation.

The scholars mate?  Not an opening, simply a trap used by beginners.  Stronger players would have just avoided the mate with Nf3, and gain time attacking the queen later (or at least threaten to) with Nd5, while gaining a well placed knight. 

Honestly, we can't help you analyze 2 minute games that end in scholars mate.  First because the very fact that you are using scholars mate means that you are crossing your fingers and saying "I hope he doesn't see that" as you play chess, which is no way to get good at chess (your rating caps at about 1600 IMO).  Second, the lower ability somebody is (and you are at a lower ability during 2 minute games) the harder it is to analyze, and I could list reasons for it but I don't want to go off too far on a tangent.

Well, ok, that is your opinion. Some people may find particular games embarrassing. At any rate, permission should be asked before posting your opponents username.

And yes, this has been discussed before- probably in a case where someone didn't want their name posted! 

I think it's W.B. Yeats, not Keats, and the line is (as I recall - haven't got the book handy) 'Tread softly, because you tread upon my dreams'. I think the poem it's from is called 'He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven'.

 The best advice, then, I could give a beginner is to stop playing for the ultra-cheapos and you won't be tempted to show them off. Better to play the game with the expectation that the opponent won't be falling into a one-move mate. It's a recommended practice and we end up with better play in the long run. Besides, Scholar's Mate is the epitome of beginner vs. beginner--it's best to move on from such ploys asap.

I don't know the Keats, but I don't want to crush your dreams but insist it is possible to move on to much more worthy ones, easily too.

Keats died so young and was so brilliant, he's like some of our chess men who shone brightly and went suddenly out. I got a degree in English--meaning I studied Literature and Writing, and also the language--and Keats made a powerful impression.

Oh please...lol.

the person you played has a quick rating of 1383 now

his blitz is somewhere in the 1500s

 I agree, but I too would almost always ask permission before I used somebody's name.

A good description would be "In the land of the blind, one-eye is king"