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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 game by a subscriber and fellow member of Chess Boot Camp (@cedriccappelle) who is rated quite a bit higher than me.

It is a stunningly unorthodox game that ends in checkmate on move 9! The game starts initially with the Scandinavian Defense (1. e4 d5), which transposes into the Tennison Gambit (2. Nf3 dxe4 3. Ng5).

Black attempts to defend their pawn on e4 and with a stunning insight, my subscriber plays the game as the reverse Englund Gambit trap line! Instead of the “Black Killer Queen” (https://adventuresofachessnoob.com/2022/10/15/black-killer-queen-of-the-englund-gambit/), we have a White killer queen on move 5 (Qb5+) with a triple fork of the king, b-pawn, and bishop on f5!

The trap is just as effective in its reversed form as in the Englund Gambit and on move 8, Black spends one second on an obvious-appearing move that blunders mate in 1. It’s the sort of checkmate that seems to come out of nowhere and I can imagine Black seeing the game end and hearing the checkmate sound effect completely confused!

Brilliant and glorious!

Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/analysis/library/3swCcQfMq8

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.11.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "cedriccappelle"]
[Black "akashnbr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1702"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[TimeControl "600"]
[EndTime "12:48:14 PST"]
[Termination "cedriccappelle won by checkmate"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nf3 {Transposition into the Reti Opening: Tennison Gambit} 2... dxe4 3. Ng5 Bf5 4. Qe2 $2 {[%c_effect e2;square;e2;type;Mistake;persistent;true]} 4... Nf6 $2 {[%c_effect f6;square;f6;type;Mistake;persistent;true]} 5. Qb5+ $1 {[%c_arrow
b5b7;keyPressed;none;from;b5;opacity;0.8;to;b7;persistent;false,b5f5;keyPressed;none;from;b5;opacity;0.8;to;f5;persistent;false,b5e8;keyPressed;none;from;b5;opacity;0.8;to;e8;persistent;false][%c_highlight
f5;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;f5;persistent;false,b7;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;b7;persistent;false][%c_effect
b5;square;b5;type;GreatFind;persistent;true] This is the reverse Englund Gambit trap line $1} 5... Bd7 $1 {[%c_effect d7;square;d7;type;GreatFind;persistent;true]}
6. Qxb7 Bc6 {[%c_effect
c6;square;c6;type;Blunder;keyPressed;undefined;persistent;true]} 7. Bb5 $1
{[%c_effect b5;square;b5;type;GreatFind;persistent;true]} 7... Qd5 {[%c_effect
d5;square;d5;type;Blunder;persistent;true]} 8. Bxc6+ Qxc6 {[%c_effect
c6;square;c6;type;Blunder;persistent;true]} 9. Qc8# {[%c_effect
e1;square;e1;type;Winner,e8;square;e8;type;CheckmateBlack]} 1-0