How to prevent Scholars mate

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Avatar of cmcfox

Thats it

Inescapable 

If it is please tell me

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I mean it's inescapable without losing your queen

Avatar of GodOfFleas

Qg5 and it's just a trade.

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GodOfFleas wrote:

Qg5 and it's just a trade.

I have seen that but if you are good without your queen then it's pretty good

Also they shouldn't try to scholars mate you

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GodOfFleas wrote:

Qg5 and it's just a trade.

I noticed this too, but there's also a common theme among Scholar's Mate players: their lack of skill really shows when the attack fails. So, it ultimately still works out.

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Just develop your knights, don't fall for the rook fork, and you'll be fine. I have linked 2 traps below:

https://www.chess.com/blog/Ethanchock7/a-bag-of-tricks-2-nasty-punishments-for-the-wayward-queen-attack

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