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Fool's mate was named and described in The Royal Game of Chess-Play, a 1656 text by Francis Beale that adapted the work of the early chess writer Gioachino Greco. [2]Prior to the mid-19th century, there was not a prevailing convention as to whether White or Black moved first; according to Beale, the matter was to be decided in some prior contest or decision of the players' choice. [3]
The fewest moves required to deliver checkmate in chess is two, in what is known as the fool's mate (1.g4 e5 2.f3?? Qh4# and variants thereof). This happens in amateur play.
The Barnes Opening (sometimes called Gedult's Opening) is a chess opening where White opens with: . 1. f3. The opening is named after Thomas Wilson Barnes (1825–1874), an English player who had an impressive [1] eight wins over Paul Morphy, including one game where Barnes answered 1.e4 with 1...f6, known as the Barnes Defence.
A checkmate may occur in as few as two moves on one side with all of the pieces still on the board (as in fool's mate, in the opening phase of the game), in a middlegame position (as in the 1956 game called the Game of the Century between Donald Byrne and Bobby Fischer), [3] or after many moves with as few as three pieces in an endgame position.
The fool's mate is the quickest possible checkmate in the game of chess. Fool's mate may also refer to: Fool's Mate, by Peter Hammill;
Scholar's mate was named and described in The Royall Game of Chesse-Play, a 1656 text by Francis Beale which adapted the work of the early chess writer Gioachino Greco. [1] The example given above is an adaptation of that reported by Beale. The Schollers Mate. White kings pawne one house. Black kings pawne the same.
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Additionally, a puppet quizzes them about opening strategy and they play blindfold games, odds games, and a game involving memorising the pieces in a sample game. They also see Fool's mate and Scholar's mate. After completing these minigames, they use pieces of paper they found on the floor along the way to solve a chess puzzle of mate in seven.