What is the most efficient checkmate?

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Quentinkn
What’s the most efficient checkmate to use when playing?
AK47_reigns

queen and rook

SacrifycedStoat
What fires that even mean? There is no guaranteed checkmate.
SacrifycedStoat
*does, not fires
Mazetoskylo

Well, all checkmates are efficient, by definition: The game ends instantly at your favor.

Leto
True. Any checkmate is efficient.
DavidWills99

If you mean what is the FASTEST checkmate then it might be Legal's Mate. You can look that one up. But this one I stumbled upon yesterday was pretty fast. BTW, Stockfish told me it could have been a move faster. All I wanted to do was take the Knight so the OP would be double-pawned. I didn't even see the revealed check. I'm only a 450-500 player!

https://www.chess.com/game/live/138347417954?move=0

DavidWills99

Sorry, I guess mine wasn't even a checkmate - the OP actually just resigned when I took their queen!

kingbob273

the best mate is to eat all the pieces and kill the king later. PERFECT!

Jigsaw-Phantom

A queen and a knight if you still have it, otherwise two rooks trapping the king, or a rook and a queen like someone said, but that depends?

Rajkumari-barman

Just eat the king .Game over

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blueemu

Do you mean "the most efficient opening to use"?

At low-to-mid playing strength, it's

  1. One or both center Pawns out
  2. One or both Knights out
  3. One or both Bishops out
  4. Castle.
Rajkumari-barman

What are you my master?

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Leto

The most efficient is to do checkmate with castling. Now try to do ithappy.png)