how to beat someone in two moves
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You didn't beat him, he beat himself! 
Damn, wish My games were that ez..Good job!
but who would do that?? ive known about a 2 move mte before but it is unlikely the opponent would be that stupid. It can happen, but it is unlikely
Shorter than a Fool's Mate. Moron's Mate?
Did you find that in New In Chess?
I actually witnessed a USCF-rated game that followed that sequence. The losing player was a beginner who was playing his first rated game. I felt sorry for him.
eveningstarandlion wrote:
Grandmaster tricks, obviously. I obviously didn't know about this until now.
My younger sister's boyfriend was asking me the other day what the shortest way to give checkmate to someone was. I showed him via creating this forum. He said he'd probably do this some time.
MST_WNTD wrote:
but who would do that?? ive known about a 2 move mte before but it is unlikely the opponent would be that stupid. It can happen, but it is unlikely
Nearest I ever got was as White against the kid next door, in a game that went: 1. e4, g5; 2. e5, f6; 3. Qh5#
It was Sports Day at school last Friday so as no work was happening in one lesson I was taking all-comers at chess. One game we had went like this:
What are the chances that titled player would fall for the fool's mate?
Seriously.
This really happened earlier this year here in Taiwan!! A national team player, titled an FM, and rated 2000+ FIDE, got checkmated move two! In the national competition!
On top of it all, it happened against his own 1400 kid brother! Incredible! In a game where the kid brother had to win the game to qualify! Whoah, what are the odds!
Of course, some coaches and ill-witted players filed an official protest - something about cheating, collusion and match fixing. Stirring up trouble and disharmony in the local chess community. Being selfish and believing they or some of their students somehow deserved the qualifying spot. Like - how much did their parents ever contribute to Taiwanese chess?
Luckily, we had the great fortune to have a committee of senior FIDE International Organizers and whatnot assuring us that this is perfectly normal. Nothing to worry about and apparently this kind of things happen all the time.
Just so you know.