Annotated chess game: Scholars Mate

ANNOTATED GAME

Scholars Mate
??? vs. ???
Annotated by: herea33 (887)
Chess opening: KP (C20), Napoleon's opening

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hi today I will teach you the Scholars Mate.

1. e4	first you move your kings pawn up 2



1... e5	than your opponent will do something like this



2. Qf3	next you move your queen 2 f3
	1 comment l-d-j (1747) on 14-Sep-12: You can also move it to h5. Obviously those moves are not recommended though...


2... a5	a move from your opponent
	1 comment l-d-j (1747) on 14-Sep-12: But if he plays 2...Nf6 it's not possible anymore.


3. Bc4	next Bishop to c4



3... Ra6	opponents move



4. Qxf7#	Next queen to f7 for the checkmate
	5 comments theancientbeast (1382) on 13-Sep-12: Welcome to Gameknot! One thing, however. This has been shown a million times in this format. If you are going to show us a well-known mate, please do so with a real example, please. blitzkov (1200) on 13-Sep-12: Nice example! l-d-j (1747) on 14-Sep-12: If this is for teaching purposes to someone who you know and who is interested in this, this is OK. Otherwise I don't think many people who read this are interested, because most of the GK players who look at annotated games know this mate very well. 31415 (1200) on 14-Sep-12: this is just a stupid mate, there is no interest in this anotation. Something else to show us ??? @ l-d-j : Sure, my son 7yo whould not fall in this trap. It's ok to teach 5 yo ! madthinker (1604) on 14-Sep-12: Thanks. I will now avoid the 3...Ra6 variation on this line, as it seems it is unsound. Seriously though, if you're going to try this on anyone it might make sense to play the B-c4 first, so that your Q-f3 doesn't look so silly if black does actually try to defend. Also, Q-h5 might be better, as it also attacks e5.