Checkmate in 3 moves - a fatal mistake of a beginner

2024 Author: Sierra Becker | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-26 03:46

Mate in 3 moves will be one of the first puzzles in books with chess problems. This is taught already at the first lessons in chess schools.

Baby swearing

Many believe that mate in 3 moves has a different name - children's. Actually it is not. Children's checkmate is put in four moves. This situation arose due to the fact that such an arrangement is usually played by beginners - and these are, as a rule, children.

The essence of the children's mate is to attack the vulnerable cell F7. She is vulnerable due to the fact that only one figure protects her - the king. Consider the classic mate in four moves by White. The first action is the king's pawn on E4. Black must make a similar move. White's second move is the white officer on C4. After that, the black knight moves from B2 to C6, and the white queen moves to H5. Then the most important mistake occurs - in an attempt to attack the queen, the black knight moves to the F6 square. The pawn that is on F7 remains protected only by the king, so it can be captured by the white queen without any problems. Game over.

Checkmate in 2 and 3 moves

Checkmate in 3 moves is very much like a stupid one, which is put in two moves. But there is a difference. If a stupid checkmate can only be putblack pieces, then White is also capable of mate in 3 moves. To do this, they need to move the pawn, which is near the king, two steps, and black must make a pawn move with the black bishop. White's second move can be anything, but must not block the queen's path to the H5 square. Black's classic second move involves a pawn move to G5. After that, the white queen can capture the H5 square. That's it, this is where the game ends. It is very easy to prevent such an outcome of the fight. It is enough not to make one of the two steps of the black pieces described above.

Checkmate in three moves capturing opponent's pieces

White pieces can checkmate, which takes three moves, while capturing several black pieces. First you need to open the queen, and the opponent must open his king with a pawn, which is located near the bishop. In this case, your pawn can take the opponent's pawn by occupying the F5 square. You can only finish the game quickly if your opponent moves his pawn to G5 so that it is next to your pawn. Such a move would make it impossible to defend the king. The queen's move diagonally to H5 will end the game in three moves.

This outcome of the duel is very rare. Foolish or childish mate are even rarer. To assure the game in this way, your opponent must be a bad chess player. However, these are the basics of chess and need to be mastered in order to understand more complex arrangements.