Looking for a white opening trap that leads to a scholar’s mate

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pixie_leader

Dec 11, 2022

I played a blitz game where I made (what I thought) were natural moves for black, but it lead to a scholar’s mate-type attack that I couldn’t block. I can’t find the game, but I vaguely remember that I was trying to have pawns on e5 and d5 since I’ve been trying to play the scotch.

It looked like the player had prep for it since they made their moves effortlessly, so I have a feeling it was an opening trap that I just walked right into.

I think it had a pretty early queen in the center, maybe move 3 or 4?

Can anyone help me find this opening for white, or similar attacks that can lead to scholar’s mate setups?

Ziryab

Dec 11, 2022

White plays the Scotch. Scholar’s mate can always be stopped. Hard to know what to look for. But, you can search your own games for those you lost as Black to checkmate.

How long ago was the game?