

Practice this a few times, trying out different combinations and you’ll quickly see that the dreaded four move checkmate is not as bad as you think. Also, do not immediately try g7-g6 as the queen at h5 can take your pawn at e5 and fork your king and rook. Note: Bringing the wrong knight out first will result in the queen being able to take the pawn at e5. After 7Nbd7 White can play the winning 8. After that, bring your other knight out to f6. A standard move in the Scandinavian Defense is Nbd7, but if Black develops his knight to d7 now, he loses material. When he brings the bishop out, push your pawn forward at g7-g6, blocking the attack and making the queen move.

For one, if your enemy moves their queen to h5 first, get your queen’s knight out to c6 to protect your pawn at e5. Playing black in this situation requires the player to respond exactly the correct way. MATEKBN is a simple BASIC program written in 1980 for the SHARP PC-1211 pocket computer and compatibles to help the user practice the basic checkmate with King, Bishop and Knight vs King within a given number of moves. The player who wastes moves retreating or moving the same piece around constantly is said to be losing tempo and the player who continues to advance and develop is gaining tempo. Being forced to retreat pieces instead of further developing gives the other player time to advance their pieces and get into a better position. Tempo, as simply as I can put it, is how quickly a player gets his pieces into position. The risk to white however is that if black responds correctly, he/she would have lost tempo being forced to retreat their queen. In the first position, Ne5 threatens Rf7+ and f4 to mate or trap the king. If he doesn’t protect it or respond correctly, you can take it and put the enemy in check. 219 likes thechessnerd Only Brilliant Moves chess In this historical game, we have white establishing a mating net on the black king in the center. You’re putting pressure on the pawn at e5 right away, forcing your enemy to react to that threat. The position you show on your board is not mate as the black knight can take the queen.

If I’m playing white and want to try for scholar’s mate, I prefer to get my queen immediately to h5 and not move to f3.
