Sunday, February 20, 2022

Checkmate

 

A picture showing the end result of the Fool's mate chess game - September, 2022. © Evan's Studio

    Did you know that the fastest checkmate (#) in #chess is two moves? It can only be achieved by Black and it is also known as the Fool's mate. Here is an example in chess notation:

1. f3 e6
2. g4 Qh4#

The picture above shows the end result. 

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