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#Move your Queen Pawn forward to e4. The next move for you to make has to free up your Queen so it can get into a checkmate position on the next move. To do this, move the White King Pawn ahead two squares to e4. Now you have opened up an avenue for your Queen to reach h5. | #Move your Queen Pawn forward to e4. The next move for you to make has to free up your Queen so it can get into a checkmate position on the next move. To do this, move the White King Pawn ahead two squares to e4. Now you have opened up an avenue for your Queen to reach h5. | ||
#*In order to clear the way to your opponent's King you need her to move her Knight Pawn ahead two spaces to g5. | #*In order to clear the way to your opponent's King you need her to move her Knight Pawn ahead two spaces to g5. | ||
| − | #Move the White Queen to h5 (Qh5). Checkmate! And that's it, you have trapped your opponent's King in the same position as the previous method, but this time you did it without even capturing a single piece. Game. Set. Match. Over.<ref>http://www.chess.com/blog/neonzebra2449/3-move-checkmate3</ref> | + | #Move the White Queen to h5 (Qh5). Checkmate! And that's it, you have trapped your opponent's King in the same position as the previous method, but this time you did it without even capturing a single piece. Game. Set. Match. Over.<ref name="rf18662">http://www.chess.com/blog/neonzebra2449/3-move-checkmate3</ref> |
#*Again, this looks simple and it is. So don't expect it to work very often! | #*Again, this looks simple and it is. So don't expect it to work very often! | ||
#*In theory, there are loads of variations on this. The key moves are getting your Queen to h5, and your opponent's Bishop and Knight Pawns out of the way of her King. | #*In theory, there are loads of variations on this. The key moves are getting your Queen to h5, and your opponent's Bishop and Knight Pawns out of the way of her King. | ||
