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chess noob Quick Wins! is a new series of short videos, to demonstrate very quick wins! As a beginner, you become aware of the Scholar’s Mate and the Fool’s Mate, but neither of these show up in real games. However, there are tricky quick checkmates and wins that occur, even at the intermediate level of chess.

This was another game by one of my subscribers (@uriahshonor) – a brilliant 11 move checkmate with a brilliant two-hit combo with their knight and queen! I highly suspect that their opponent with the White pieces didn’t know what hit them and didn’t expect mate until they heard the chess.com checkmate “clunk” sound effect!

Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/60528052355

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.10.26"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Dustalorius"]
[Black "uriahshonor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[ECO "A40"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Englund-Gambit-Hartlaub-Charlick-Gambit"]
[UTCDate "2022.10.26"]
[UTCTime "12:56:55"]
[WhiteElo "651"]
[BlackElo "750"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[Termination "uriahshonor won by checkmate"]
[StartTime "12:56:55"]
[EndDate "2022.10.26"]
[EndTime "13:01:24"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/live/60528052355"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 d6 {Charlick Gambit} 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qe7 6. f3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nh5 {An unsound aggressive forward push [+3.93]} 8. Nd5 {White blunders back with their own knight move [-0.41]} 8... Qh4+ 9. g3 Nxg3 $3
{[%c_arrow
h4h2;keyPressed;none;from;h4;opacity;0.8;to;h2;persistent;false,h2h1;keyPressed;none;from;h2;opacity;0.8;to;h1;persistent;false,h4e1;keyPressed;none;from;h4;opacity;0.8;to;e1;persistent;false][%c_highlight
h2;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;h2;persistent;false] Brilliant move [-4.80]} 10. Be3 Nxh1+ 11. Bf2 Qxf2# {[%c_effect
e8;square;e8;type;Winner,e1;square;e1;type;CheckmateWhite]} 0-1