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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 (@jschwar2000) who played with the black pieces who played and sprung a rather brilliant trap in the Stafford Gambit.

One of the powers of the Stafford Gambit is the rapid development and opening up of the centre files. This gives the opportunity, should White not be careful, of an immediate and devastating attack down the centre against the opponent’s king. In this game, White’s (6. Bg5) attempting to pin the knight to the queen was a game changing blunder [-4.8]. They avoided one trap with the seemingly hanging queen (a poisoned piece that leads to checkmate), but couldn’t avoid the next that resulted in the loss of their own queen. Move 8 – emotional damage!

Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/63675541173

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.12.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "riverhater"]
[Black "jschwar2000"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[ECO "C42"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Petrovs-Defense-Classical-Stafford-Gambit-4.Nxc6-dxc6"]
[UTCDate "2022.12.01"]
[UTCTime "23:19:40"]
[WhiteElo "1210"]
[BlackElo "1246"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[Termination "jschwar2000 won by resignation"]
[StartTime "23:19:40"]
[EndDate "2022.12.01"]
[EndTime "23:23:05"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/live/63675541173"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 {Petrov's Defense: Stafford Gambit - perhaps
unsound [+2], but a very trappy system popularised by YouTube chess celebrity IM
Eric Rosen} 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bg5 $4 {[%c_effect
g5;square;g5;type;Blunder;persistent;true] A serious blunder [-4.8] as we shall
see $1} 6... Nxe4 $1 {[%c_effect
e4;square;e4;type;GreatFind;keyPressed;undefined;persistent;true]} 7. dxe4 $2
{[%c_effect e4;square;e4;type;Mistake;keyPressed;undefined;persistent;true] A
mistake that is now almost [-10] as White loses their queen} ({The queen that
looks hanging is a trap $1} 7. Bxd8 $4 {[%c_effect
d8;square;d8;type;Blunder;persistent;true] Oh no my queen $1  Call an ambulance...
but not for me $1} 7... Bxf2+ 8. Ke2 Bg4# {[%c_arrow
f2e1;keyPressed;none;from;f2;opacity;0.8;to;e1;persistent;false,f2e3;keyPressed;none;from;f2;opacity;0.8;to;e3;persistent;false,e4d2;keyPressed;none;from;e4;opacity;0.8;to;d2;persistent;false,e4f2;keyPressed;none;from;e4;opacity;0.8;to;f2;persistent;false,g4f3;keyPressed;none;from;g4;opacity;0.8;to;f3;persistent;false][%c_highlight
e1;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;e1;persistent;false,e3;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;e3;persistent;false,d2;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;d2;persistent;false,f2;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;f2;persistent;false,f3;keyPressed;none;opacity;0.8;square;f3;persistent;false]})
7... Bxf2+ $1 {[%c_effect f2;square;f2;type;GreatFind;persistent;true]} 8. Ke2
Bg4+ $1 {[%c_effect g4;square;g4;type;GreatFind;persistent;true]} 9. Kxf2 Qxd1
{[%c_effect e8;square;e8;type;Winner,f2;square;f2;type;ResignWhite] And White
resigns} 0-1