Editing Checkmate (section)

===Fool's mate===
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|footer= Fool's Mate—White is checkmated.
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[[File:fools mate animation.gif|frame|left|Animation demonstrating Fool's Mate]]
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The [[fool's mate]], also known as the two-move checkmate, is the quickest possible checkmate. A prime example consists of the moves:

:'''1. [[b:Chess Opening Theory/1. f3|f3]] [[b:Chess Opening Theory/1. f3/1...e5|e5]] 2. [[b:Chess Opening Theory/1. f3/1...e5/2. g4|g4]] [[b:Chess Opening Theory/1. f3/1...e5/2. g4/2...Qh4|Qh4#]]'''

resulting in the position shown.<ref>{{harvnb|Hooper|Whyld|1992|p=143}}</ref> (The pattern can have slight variations, for example [[White and Black in chess|White]] might play f4 instead of f3 or move the g-[[pawn (chess)|pawn]] first, and Black might play ...e6 instead of ...e5.)