Four-move checkmate?

Question

How do you do the four-move checkmate in chess? How do you block it?

Thanks to anyone who can help ^^

Answer 1

Go to chess cheats or ask L net

Answer 2

Look up "Fool's Mate" in Wikipedia.  Here's one example,

in chess notation:

1. f3 e5

2. g4 Qh4#

It's two moves for each person, making four moves total - is that what you meant?

In this example, White moves the pawn in front of the bishop (1 space diagonally from the king) ahead one space, then Black moves the pawn above his king ahead two spaces.

White then moves the pawn above his knight (on the king's side) ahead two spaces, then Black brings out his queen diagonally as far as it can go, putting White's king in check and mate.

If you're playing White, there's no way to block it - that's why it's called Checkmate.  If there were a block, it would just be "Check".   You have to be careful not to start by moving those 2 pawns in that way.  It's not the best way to start the game anyway.

Fool's Mate rarely occurs in real chess games, because most players prefer to keep the pawns on that side in place, to protect the king after castling occurs.

Answer 3

Heres a video.

A block to it is to use your pawns to block the bishop OR just move your knight to cover.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uIK1dgjV...

Answer 4

It is called Scholar's mate.  It varies but 1 e4 e5  2 Bc4 Nc3  Qh5 (or f3) Bc5 4 Qxf7 mate.

if black is partially aware he can stop it with Nf6 at any time, but is open for thi trap if he is stupid.

1e4 e5 2Qh5 Nf6 3Qxe5 check.

Yes, whites queen is dangerously exposed, but a pawn is a pawn.

Answer 5

I think you mean the commonly called "fool's mate".

Its not foolish to get caught by this when you begin to play chess.  Learning how to defend against it is imporatant. Most advanced players won't even try it on anyone - it is a really poor opening against anyone who knows how to beat it.



Playing as black, white goes straight in for the "kings weak pawn"  on f7.  Its easy to spot when someone tries it.

1) First white moves the pawn in front of his king

2) after black makes thier moves, white will make sure to move the queen and bishop out to a direct diagonal to f7.  The two together allow white to plop the queen right by the king for a quick checkmate.



How to stop it:

**Put your knight on f 6! This blocks the attack on the kings weak pawn!

White usually tries to bump it off from there by bringing down a pawn to force it away, but the amount of moves that takes allows you to ruin their plan all together.

**Mess with the bishop! a few way to do it..1)Move your a pawn forward 1 space and your b pawn forward 2 spaces. 2)move your e pawn forward 1 space to block his attack. 3) your other horse can attack the offending bishop- (it takes move than one move, but it can be done.)

** Later, if you can find a way, get your opponents queen off that square!

Some people do not give up with this attack, they bring down their horse to attack, they do anything...a few people can do it with some success against a prepared opponent (but not in 3-4 moves). Against such an opponent- sit tight, make defensive moves, encourage piece exchanges to occur (knight for knight, pawn for pawn, etc..). Let their attack fizzle, and with any luck, you come out equal or ahead,...then its your turn to attack!.

Answer 6

White:

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Qh5 Nf6 4. Qxf7++

Black:

1. e4 e5 2. Nc6 Bc4 3. d3 Qh5 4. Nf6 Qxf2++

This is the Scholar's Mate, a checkmate with a Queen and Bishop. This attack can easily be defended. First of all, in the opening game, f7 and f2 are the weakest points, because they are only defended by the king. So how to defend?

With black, when white plays 3. Qh5, a simple response would be 3. ... g6, forcing White to lose time. The common response to this would be

4. Qf3, which is easily countered by 4. ... Nf6. Black now has a lead in development, while White has lost valuable time. Another possible is

2. ... Nf6, which ends any possibility of Scholar's Mate.

When defending as white, the Scholar's Mate should not be a threat, simply because white moves first and has the oppurtunity to start an attack first. However, if black does threaten this, the defense is still the same, but only on the opposite side of the board.

I do not recommend using the Scholar's Mate for an attack, because your opponent will usually spot the threat most of the time, and they will defend it  easily. Your Queen will have developed too early, and will lose time, as mentioned earlier.