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Fool’s mate is likely to happen to you in a chess game before you are able to do it to an opponent. As a beginner and not knowing what it is, you are susceptible to the quickest checkmates in chess. And it hurts! Chances are you’ve recently lost a game to Fool’s mate and are now looking for more information, so here goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fool’s mate is the quickest possible checkmate in chess, taking just 2 moves to end the game in a loss for the white pieces. Fool’s mate is only achievable by the black pieces after white moves pawns on the G and F files<\/a> in a specific way opening the King to a fatal attack from the Black Queen on the h4 square.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This article will demonstrate the four moves, step by step from the starting position and arm you as the white player to avoid fool’s mate and to let you know what to look out for if playing with black pieces so that you might be fortunate to win a game of chess with a 2-move checkmate in the future. I’ll also show you how to win in three moves as the white pieces too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This article and website uses chess notation<\/a>, it is easy to understand in less than 15 minutes, and will improve your understanding of chess and also your overall ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n