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fool's mate

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fool's mate
n
(Group Games / Chess & Draughts) Chess a checkmate achieved by Black's second move: the quickest possible mate


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Fool's Mate is often referred to as Scholar's Mate but this is a four move checkmate involving both the queen and one of the bishops.
AT Haydock, claimer Alan Bond enjoys his biggest success to date when Henry Cecil's 7-4 fav Fool's Mate beats Duncan Sasse's Huzzar (Terry Cain) in the Old Newton Cup PETER Walwyn's One Over Parr (P Eddery) 3-1, upsets Bernard van Cutsem's odds-on fav Val's Girl (W Carson) to take the Lancashire Oaks.
lHighlight of Willie Carson's treble at York is the Magnet Cup success of Town And Country (Dick Hern) over Fool's Mate (Henry Cecil/ Edward Hide).
 
 
 
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