As White

Early Queen Attack (Scholar's Mate) · Basic

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. Deadly mate · 4...Bc5

   1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nh6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxh6 gxh6 6.Qxf7#

3. Deadly mate · 4...d6

   1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nh6 4.d3 d6 5.Bxh6 gxh6 6.Qxf7#

4. Opponent's mistake · 2...g6

   1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 g6 3.Qxe5+ Be7 4.Qxh8

5. Opponent's mistake · 6...d6

   1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 g6 4.Qf3 Nf6 5.Ne2 Bc5 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Qxf6 Qxf6 9.Bxf6

6. Opponent's mistake · 6...Nd4

   1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 g6 4.Qf3 Nf6 5.Ne2 Bc5 6.d3 Nd4 7.Nxd4 Bxd4 8.Bg5 O-O 9.Bxf6 Qe8 10.Bg5

7. Wayward Queen Attack, Kiddie Countergambit · 5.d3 d5

   1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nf6 3.Qxe5+ Qe7 4.Qxe7+ Bxe7 5.d3 d5 6.e5

8. Wayward Queen Attack, Kiddie Countergambit · 5.d3 O-O

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

9. 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

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

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

11. 5.Ne2 Bg7

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

12. 5.Ne2 Bc5

    1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 g6 4.Qf3 Nf6 5.Ne2 Bc5 6.d3