Scholar's Mate

To use the scholar's mate or not to use the scholar's mate, that is the question.First the scholar's mate is easy , quick , and can help you beat that pesky opponent ...but it is easily recognizable and the other player must move almost exactly right . So the answer to my question is......... the world may never know.

If you're playing a beginner, it's probably pretty safe to use the scholar's mate. If you're not playing a beginner, you probably shouldn't use it.

No, don't bother.

If you're playing against someone who would lose to this opening, then you should be able to beat them handily without it.  

If you're playing against someone who would not lose to this opening, then you have hampered your own development.

Scholar's mate is an incredibly bad strategy even at my level of play, which is nowhere near master quality.  It can be easily foiled in a variety of ways, almost all of which cause white to waste a move retreating his queen to safety that he could have used for development.  Winning with the scholar's mate is kind of a pyrrhic victory; you may have won the game but your chess skills have not been improved at all.

The best thing is to understand the scholar's mate, and how it applies to chess in general - the focal point.  In this instance, the focal point is f7, but the scholar's mate in its own is not a successful strategy.  It is better to understand focal points, and how to get your pieces coordinated for attack.  

That's how Kasparov stayed world champ for so long. He just used the Scholar's mate over, and over. They fell for it every time.

I agree with you, comletely!LOL!

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Yeah but you can in maybe 20-30 games an hour!