![]() So try this on a beginner – and as black, you can also do the same thing – just on a different “f” square – f2. The “f” pawn cannot recapture because it is pinned by the white queen. … Be6 to defend the f-pawn, white can simply capture the bishop and move closer to black’s king. The White squared bishop is protecting the Queen, and the Queen is doing a killer check move. The black king is in check and has no way out of the check. If I did the latter, Qe7, then if the queen takes, white would inevitably lose by about bishop’s worth (advantage: +2) along the way when white completes the exchange. Since player Black did not defend the precious F7 square, White is able to do a check mate by capturing the F7 pawn with the Queen. After that white would probably retreat his queen to save it. Even if the bishop takes f6, then the knight takes the bishop. ![]() If the queen takes, the knight takes the queen and ultimately white loses his queen. If you would like to support or channel you can sign up for one of our memberships. Click here to visit our 4th video on checkmate video 4. This is where you go to see our 3rd checkmate in Under 10 moves video 3. So how in the world do you prevent that from happening? I’ll show you my way:I would personally ignore the bishop and the queen until it comes to the third move. Here is our first checkmate in Under 10 moves video 1. Qh5, then white can simply fork the king and the rook on h8 by playing Qxe5+. Similarly, if black wants to attack white’s queen earlier in the game and plays g6 after 2. To defend it, we have a couple options, but we have to be careful not to blunder some of them.įor example, why is Nf6 a blunder in our example game? Well, it is attacking the queen, but the queen has a better option – to checkmate the opponent. This checkmate is called the “Scholar’s Mate”, or also “The Four Move Checkmate”. After Black defends the pawn with the natural Nc6, White then decided to get his bishop in the game and threaten a simple checkmate. The Scholar's Mate starts when white plays Qh5, or the Wayward Queen Attack. Therefore, it is a checkmate in this position. The Scholar's Mate is a checkmate achieved by combining the bishop and the queen in a simple attack against the enemy king. Note that the black king cannot take the queen since the queen is protected by the bishop. There are many options for black, but if he plays randomly, he will quickly get mated and the game is over: The Scholar’s Mate game usually starts like this:Īs you can see, the queen is attacking the “f” pawn on black’s side. In other words, the “f” pawn is the weakest square in your beginning castle because there is no other piece defending it except your king (see for yourself!). To start, if you know this kind of mate, do not fear – I will show you how to defend against the tricky mate. You can read this if you know your chess coordinates … this article is intended for beginners who are starting to play chess.
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