scholer's mate

Im going to show you the dangers of scholer's mate right here.

In some areas, including France, Turkey, Germany, and the Netherlands, as well as Spain, Brazil, and Portugal, scholar's mate is known as shepherd's mate. In Italy it is known as barber's mate, in Iran as Napoleon, in Russia as children's mate and in Poland, Denmark, Hungary, Slovenia, and Israel as shoemaker's mate. It has also occasionally been given other names in English-speaking countries, such as schoolboy's mate and Blitzkrieg; German for "lightning war"(Kidder 1960). (copied from wikipedia)

 This one is well known. Im going to show some more and threats you can better use to solve it.

There is one thing, you have to be carefull, and ill explain.

One way to solve this "puzzle" can be to use the queen.

Now ill show somethings, you better cant do in these cases.

Black horse 

Pawn interverence

I hope i have inform enough, if you think you know another move, tell me. But besides the "official" bishop defence, it can also be the horse !!

Have fun, and be warned for the shepherd !!

 I have a russian teacher and it is called because it is such a simple checkmate like it was made from a child...

 not from a child, but to a child...

4.Qxe5+ Nxe5.

(What? No :rolleyes: smiley?)

lol I know.... i was just pointing out how noobish it was. i speak fluent russian myself. Born in Ukraine Odessa.

"Offcourse, you didn't saw that coming"

*twitches*

Anyways, the scholar's mate usually doesn't work against higher rated people. It's usually only played against low rated or complete beginners (or someone who has no foresight whatsoever). You also give moves that show no thinking ahead and are low rated moves (not that I know what masters do).

Here's how the second from the bottom game might've continued.

Also, in each of these variations, black responds with Bc5 or Nc6. I usually don't play Nc6 against Bc4, are you saying nobody plays Nf6?

 Just some variations. (Variations are on the move list).