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Decoy321

1. I think just about everyone knows the scholars mate, fun to play against people who don't know any opening in chess.

 2. A less known one which can lead to a faster win by a horrible mistake of black looks a lot like white's planning the scholars aswell.

3. A lot of people also know the shortest possible mate, which is by black.

Does anyone know any other short mates? I Thought it'd be fun to share :P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fotoman
Smother

Decoy321

cool! never seen that one before. Well then you also have this one :P

rgp89
One word:  Excellent!
Irish_Chess86

Shortest check mate is in 2 moves which is shown above.

KillaBeez
These aren't exactly short, but everybody ought to know these
ones.
amalmurali47

Great games!

-JacobArnold-

This happened in an real F.I.D.E. rated game before.  It's been dubbed: King Gambit: Accepted!

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1242985 is where I found it. 

chyss

-JacobArnold- I think you may have found the solution to Puzzle 5 of the ChessBase Christmas Puzzles 2012! The Total Destination Count for this game is just 3! Wow. E4, D5, and E2. (I.e. those are the only square pieces land on.) Who'd have thought it? 

http://www.chessbase.com/puzzle/christmas2012/chr12-05.htm 

nkansas13

I like this one.



helltank
C-nack

Check this out, there are many, many mates of this type here:

http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/traps.htm

ictavera
-JacobArnold- wrote:
 

This happened in an real F.I.D.E. rated game before.  It's been dubbed: King Gambit: Accepted!

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1242985 is where I found it. 

The story behind this game can be read here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch-move_rule#History

bluewoods
Big News Today! White lures Black King and checkmates him!
**NOTE:USE KING'S GAMBIT!
macer75

This is one I had in a couple actual games as a beginner:



incorrectname
ANOK1

one day i will suss diagrams posting mate on move 3 by white v a helpful black player

1 e4 best by test , g5 hmmm 2 d4 the centre is ours ! f5 aggressive if lacking development to prevent

3 qh5++

fianchetto123

This actually happened in a tournament game between masters.



LAKnights

What is the deal with this site and scholars mate? Do people on here even want to play chess or just goof off on here? just about every game I played same opening, same attempt.

Decoy321

I opened this thread 9 years ago! 

@LAKnights: I was curious about variations of short games. They amuse me.

 

I would never attempt a scholar's mate on anyone I play on this website. Especially since it won't work on virtually anyone and even puts you in a disadvantage when played against properly.