How to Win a Chess Game in 2 Moves

Sometimes, you just want to win a game of chess quickly.

While that is usually impossible, all you need to win a chess game in 2 moves is a board, pieces, and a willing ( or bad-at-chess) friend.

You will have start off as the black side to start.

Step 1: Your Opponent Makes His/Her First Move

Your opponent moves pawn to f4 on his/her first move. Not a great starting move, but not a bad one either (f4 is actually a terrible first move unless you're very good, as it exposes your king).

Step 2: Your First Move

You move your pawn to e6, to open up your queen.

Step 3: Your Opponent Slips-Up

Your opponent has moved pawn to g4, opening up the H-file for attack. A poor move.

Step 4: Checkmate!

By moving your queen to H4, you have put the king in check, but there is nowhere to go and no piece to block check with. Checkmate!

Congratulations, you have officially won a game of chess in 2 moves

Comments

[scrufin415]

No you can move the f,8 bishop to e,7 you block the Queen

[Primeshooter]

Ew no you have not. Pawn moves forward captures queen.

[kwang101]

pawns can only eat other diaganolly

[Assassin 751]

Sorry but you can enpessent the queen like that

[Bhgfdvg is hhg y]

Umm no pawns take diagrams

[DErick2373]

By moving your queen to H4... is it the king you moved?

[Assassin 751]

No

[jemaicaperez07]

What if his/her move is not like that?

[Assassin 751]

It is said to be like that

[Assassin 751]

It is not a very good at chess player remember

[basicboi224]

then it does not work. this only works if a very specific arrangement of moves happends.

[Idk_my_name]

Wait, isnt that 3 moves? Cause u made the first with the pawn, 2nd with the queen, tbird would be the queen moving to take the king? Right???

[vivekagrawal68]

Would you like to be my partner with white pieces.

[Bhgfdvg is hhg y]

No you dont acctually move and take the king you just stand there

[justshack]

Once in checkmate the game has ended.

[X1678]

This is coming up quite a bit: you cannot win using fool's mate unless your opponent moves the F pawn to F3 or F4 and the G pawn to G4. If your opponent does not do this, you can't mate them in two moves.

[LalitaB3]

Wht if opponent ,oves another pawn?

[ram174489]

If the opponent moves another pawn so........

[basicboi224]

pawns can only capture pieces one space forward diagonally to them. the pawn in question cannot capture the queen because it is directly in front of the queen.

[sulaimana4339]

soooooo easy thanks! everyone