:) I thought this was my only chess related post... I know the rules, and the moves, and played sometimes at school and against dad, but basically know little. I would have assumed you knew more than me, though I don't know if you play chess.
I was thinking of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholar's_mate (Also known, possibly erroneously, as fool's mate). Move the king's pawn forward, then the bishop and the queen out through the gap so they both bear diagonally on the opponent's king's side's bishop's pawn. This pawn is only protected by the king, so the queen (or bishop) can take the pawn and checkmate the king, blocked in by its own pieces.
I was suddenly unsure if this needed your opponent to move anything out of the way, but I don't think it does.
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Date: 2007-11-15 06:15 pm (UTC)I was thinking of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholar's_mate (Also known, possibly erroneously, as fool's mate). Move the king's pawn forward, then the bishop and the queen out through the gap so they both bear diagonally on the opponent's king's side's bishop's pawn. This pawn is only protected by the king, so the queen (or bishop) can take the pawn and checkmate the king, blocked in by its own pieces.
I was suddenly unsure if this needed your opponent to move anything out of the way, but I don't think it does.