As White

Early Queen Attack (Scholar's Mate) · Intermediate

Hugely popular at very low ratings. It goes for checkmate in 4 moves.

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Lines

1. Deadly mate · 3...Nf6

   1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#

2. Wayward Queen Attack, Kiddie Countergambit · 3.Qxe5+ Qe7

   1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nf6 3.Qxe5+ Qe7 4.Qxe7+ Bxe7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.a3

3. Wayward Queen Attack, Kiddie Countergambit · 4.d3 d6

   1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nf6 3.Qxe5+ Be7 4.d3 d6 5.Qg3 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Bh6

4. Wayward Queen Attack, Kiddie Countergambit · 4.d3 O-O

   1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nf6 3.Qxe5+ Be7 4.d3 O-O 5.Be2 Re8 6.Qg3 Bd6 7.f4

5. 3.Bc4 Qf6

   1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Qf6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Nc3 Be6 6.Nd5 Bxd5 7.exd5

6. 7.Nbc3 d6

   1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 g6 4.Qf3 Nf6 5.Ne2 Bg7 6.d3 O-O 7.Nbc3 d6 8.a3 Bg4 9.Qg3 Qd7 10.Qh4

7. 7.Nbc3 a6

   1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 g6 4.Qf3 Nf6 5.Ne2 Bg7 6.d3 O-O 7.Nbc3 a6 8.h4 b5 9.Nd5

8. 2.Qh5 d6

   1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 d6 3.Bc4 Qe7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Qf3 Bg4 6.Qg3

9. 5.Ne2 d6

   1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 g6 4.Qf3 Nf6 5.Ne2 d6 6.h3 Bg7 7.d3