Chess - Traps in opening

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Fool's mate The fool's mate, also known as the fool's fool, is a chess-opening trap, and consists of the fastest possible checkmate in the game of chess. It consists of the sequence of moves (in algebraic notation), which leads to the position shown. 1.f3 e5 2.g4 Dh4 # Even among beginners, this crazy scheme hardly ever appears, but it is remarkable for being the shortest game that ends in checkmate. There are sometimes shorter games in the professional world when a player withdraws, accepts the draw, or loses the game for failing to show up. Even more generally, the term 'crazy fool' is used in heterodox chess for the shortest possible fool, especially if a pattern that resembles that of the imbecile fool in orthodox chess is used. The fool of the imbecile in progressive chess, for example, is 1.e4 2.f6 g5 3.Dh5 #. #chess #fool's mate #Traps in opening