Scholars mate

It's the shortest mate in all of the chess mates.

This is how you usually do this mate. But usually it's not this easy cause the other player knows how to defend against it.

This is how you defend yourself against scholars mate

There is actually a shorter mate in two moves by black with 1. f4? e6 2. g4? Qh4#.

This is called Fools' Mate

This is not the REAL way to play the Scholar’s mate. With Qf3, Black is very likely to unknowingly block checkmate by playing Nf6, for it is such a natural move. If White wishes to obtain the highest chance of Black fatally blundering, White must play...

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5

This move does a few things. First and foremost, the queen will threaten the pawn on e5 as well as pressuring the pawn in f7. Black can make many mistakes if he does not play carefully in this position. The correct continuation to play 2...Nc6 or 2...Qe7.
2...d6 and 2...Nf6 can also work if played properly.

2...Nc6 (Protecting the e5 pawn and developing a Knight.)

3. Bc4 (Threatening checkmate on f7 as well as developing a Bishop. Black can easily mess up by playing any move other than Qe7, Qf6, and g6. 3...g6 is naturally the best, for it allows black to fianchetto the bishop on g7 later on.)

3...g6 (Blocking the f7-pawn as well as attacking the Queen.)

4. Qf3 (Retreating the Queen to a safe square and threatening the f7 pawn again. Black must still remain cautious.)

4...Nf6 (Blocking the f7-pawn again; the Knight also places itself on a Natural square.)

5. Ne2 (Preventing the Black Knight from charging forth on the d4-square. Both sides can branch numerous directions from here. NOTE! Alternatively, 5. Qb3 appears to continue White’s attack, but is met with the crushing 5...Nd4! 6. Bxf7+ Ke7 7. Qc4 b5!)

Hope this helps! =)

-Lukay

Yeah youre right. Maybe i missed the fools mate

No question marks for 1.f4 but about 63 for 2.g4.

Has the Scholars Mate ever been pulled against a grandmaster? Obviously only a rank beginner would succumb in 4 moves as that sequence is easily recognizable. However, I carefully masked it against a player otherwise much better than myself, playing one or two general moves but an occasional move to set up the Scholars Mate. Ultimately it took about 15 moves, but by the time it was all said and done, I had my queen on F7 supported by the bishop on c4 and a checkmate on my totally stunned opponent. Given the fact that I was able to pull it off against a player of that caliber, I have to think that somebody has pulled it off in a high level tournament. 

Tbh i doubt it, seeing as it directly opposing standard theory, which most high level players are at least partly acquainted in. Once you deviate from it, your opponent would imediately get suspicious. It kinda sounds like you set it up as a forced mate in 1, usually you get to higher level gameplay you never actually succeed with that, as players quite often ´´threaten mate´´ so most higher level players would be on the look out for it anyway.

Like I said, I masked the Scholars Mate very carefully over the course of 15 moves. It is highly possible that most grandmasters would get suspicious. Had my opponent seen it, deflecting it would have been the easiest thing in the world. There was nothing inevitable about that checkmate before it happened. However, even grandmasters are known to fall asleep and then get hit with a devastating surprise as happened here. If nobody thinks of such possibility at that level and falls asleep, BOOM!

Yes, Reinhold. Masters have played this opening before. Here is a game between Amillano (White) and Arthur (Black).
1. e4 e5 2. Qh5!? Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Nd4?? 5. QxP#

1. f4 is not a blunder

Literally, there are shorter (though uncommon ways to lose) besides fools mate. Here are some.

 

This is how to counter bondcloud opening 😙

What about Fool's Mate?

Also what about this:

This is how to defend against that:

Or: