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fool's mate

checkmate delivered by Black on move 2 with the queen; an extraordinary blunder by White
Class type of: checkmate, chess game Q753896

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
checkmate pattern
Subclass of
checkmate, chess game[2][3]
Part of
chess terminology[4]
Different from
scholar's mate[7]
Has characteristic
blunder[6]
Portable Game Notation
f3 e5, g4 Qh4#[8][9]
Sport
chess[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en 1. f3 e5 2. g4 Qh4# en 1. f3 e6 2. g4 Qh4# en 1. f4 e5 2. g4 Qh4# en 1. f4 e6 2. g4 Qh4# en fool's mate en 1. g4 e6 2. f4 Qh4# en 1. g4 e6 2. f3 Qh4# en 1. g4 e5 2. f4 Qh4# en 1. g4 e5 2. f3 Qh4# ar مات التلميذ ar مات المبتدئ ar مات النقلتين ar كش مات المغفل cs mat bláznů cs mat hlupáků de Narrenmatt de 1. f3 e5 2. g4 Dh4# el ματ των ανοήτων es jaque mate del loco es mate del loco
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
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Freebase ID
/m/02br0f
Quora topic ID
Fools-Mate
Stack Exchange tag
chess.stackexchange.com

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🔗 Connections
Subclass of 2
checkmate, chess game
Different from 1
scholar's mate
Has characteristic 1
blunder
Instance of 1
checkmate pattern
Sport 1
chess
← Different from 1
scholar's mate
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Summary

fool's mate is a checkmate pattern[1].

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  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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