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The 4-move
checkmate

Move the pieces on a real board and deliver the famous mate yourself — in minutes. No sign-up, no app.

Tap the pawn on e2
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You play White · keyboard: Tab + Enter
The mating line You play White · Black replies on its own · tap a move to jump there
Checkmate

You delivered the mate.

Four moves — pawn, bishop, queen, queen — and the game is over. That's Scholar's Mate. Now learn to spot it (and stop it).

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