Opening traps › Bishop's Opening
Scholar's Mate
A trap for White in the Bishop's Opening. Black's natural-looking Nf6 gives White mate.
The moves
How it works
The queen and bishop both hit f7. Developing the knight to f6 to chase the queen forgets the threat: Qxf7#.
What it wins
White gets mate.
How Black avoids it
Qh5 and Bc4 both hit f7. Block the queen with ...g6 (or guard with ...Qe7) before chasing it. The safe move is g6.
Practise the Bishop's Opening as WhiteThe trainer plays the moves real players at your rating choose, and springs this trap when they do.