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Old 08-03-2005, 05:51 PM
wmspringer wmspringer is offline
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Default Re: chess players, 3 move checkmate?

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How cheap. It's a simple trick that doesn't work once you reogonize it. It's actually 4 moves: E4, Bc4, Qf5, Qf7++, but they probably counted 3 because black only made 3 moves.

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No, that's the scholar's mate, in 4 moves.

In the fool's mate, white mates in 3 or black in 2; it's posted below.
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