Fool's mate king at f8 with 6...Bg7 would have prolonged the game. White still wins with 7.Qf5! Nf6 8.Bh6 Bxh6 9.gxh7 Bxh1 (9...e6 opens another flight square at e7; then White checks with 10.Qg6+ Ke7) 10.Qg6+ Kf8 11.Qxh6+ Kf7 12.Nh3, but much slower than in the game. Fool's mate In chess, Fool's Mate, also known as the Two-Move Checkmate, is the checkmate in the fewest possible number of moves from the start of the game. This can be achieved only by Black, who can deliver checkmate on move 2 with the queen. Fool's Mate received its name because it can only occur
Alice Chess on the opposite board is occupied. (In that case, the transfer portion of the move is omitted.) By Michael O'Donohue (2003). Black starts out on board B; transfers are optional; non-pawn pieces may make "zero" moves (and may capture in so doing); a king is checked when an opposing piece sits on the king's zero square; mate must cover the king's ability to flee via a zero move. By Jed Stone (1981). Parton also introduced a smaller, 8x4 version of Alice Chess (see diagram). He also observed that Alice Chess can be played using "three" boards instead of two. (Players