who know's about my secret checkmate?


Ive always wanted to do this but didnt wanna look like an idiot LOL... Thank you for this, didnt think id see this but i was wrong...


Attempts at Scholars Mate (and subsequent chasing of 'cheap' mates on the f-file) are a staple of stronger players - among the under 12's!
It's quite surprising how often I hear "damn, you keep messing up my 4-move checkmate" As if in all those years of analysis by ardent chess masters and hobbyists, everyone somehow missed a continuation 4 moves deep from setup!
Yep, its called developing sensibly while your opponents queen jumps back and forth for no good reason.
The third one is a trivial smothered mate BTW; and another example of bad play beating a bad player.

Actually the 2nd move was g4.


Hey, Decoy, I it will be kind of hard to find a chess player who will follow that pattern of play. However... scholar's mate works sometimes, I often used it, years ago. Is the 3...Nf3# one your novelty? I've never seen that b4. I like Lasker's trap and Legal's mate:
http://thechessworld.com/laskertrap.html - Lasker's Trap one
http://thechessworld.com/legalstrap.html - Legal's Mate!
Hey, Decoy, I it will be kind of hard to find a chess player who will follow that pattern of play. However... scholar's mate works sometimes, I often used it, years ago. Is the 3...Nf3# one your novelty? I've never seen that b4. I like Lasker's trap and Legal's mate:
http://thechessworld.com/laskertrap.html - Lasker's Trap one
http://thechessworld.com/legalstrap.html - Legal's Mate!
Yury, the legals mate page isnt right about that being mate, the knight can capture, in fact, white loses both knights and a queen, for a cheap early check.
here it is