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Subject: Re: What is the least number of moves required for checkmate? nt

Author: Jeroen van Dorp

Date: 08:16:11 12/15/99

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>>Hi:  Crazy's Mate is also known as Fool's Mate.  The mate shown above for white
>>is sometimes calles Scholar's Mate.
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>Actually, Fool's or Scholar's mate are made up of the Queen and Bishop attack on
>f7 such as: 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 (whatever) 3.Qh5 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
>
>                                    Albert Silver


In Holland we call 1. f3, e5 2. g4 Qh4# the Narrenmat (fool's mate) and the
Queen/bishop combination on f7, in three moves, the "Herdersmat" (Sheperd's
mate).

Jeroen ;-}



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