The original fool's mate L Darling vs R Wood, 1983  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 2 moves, 0-1 Epauletted in three Lindemann vs Echtermeyer, 1893   (B01) Scandinavian, 3 moves, 0-1 Another Fool W T Mayfield vs W R Trinks, 1959  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 3 moves, 1-0 The Black Scholar?! B R vs A Wagner, 1902  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 5 moves, 0-1 NN was fooled? NN vs Du Mont, 1802  (A02) Bird's Opening, 6 moves, 0-1 The Blackburned King Muehlock vs Kostic, 1912  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 7 moves, 0-1 Looks like an Epaulette N Tchinenoff vs R Maillard, 1925  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 4 moves, 0-1 Semi-smothered? T Mantia vs T Trogdon, 1979  (A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 6 moves, 0-1 Here's another fool Van Kessel vs Rensen, 1990  (A03) Bird's Opening, 3 moves, 0-1 Again?! H Klip vs T Bottema, 1990  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 3 moves, 1-0 Another Black Scholar J Spencer vs Takacs, 1981  (A20) English, 4 moves, 0-1 Smothered. Molinari vs Bordais, 1979  (B20) Sicilian, 5 moves, 0-1 Bishop kill in five Barney vs Mccrum, 1969  (A02) Bird's Opening, 5 moves, 0-1 Bill, the scholar? B Wall vs Bridgemen, 1996  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 5 moves, 1-0 Caro Kann Defense?! C Gurnhill vs W H Banks, 1962  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 6 moves, 1-0 Another scholar Michael Meyer vs D Newcomb, 1952  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 7 moves, 1-0 Is this mate legal?! De Legal vs Saint Brie, 1750  (C41) Philidor Defense, 7 moves, 1-0 Another Legal Checkmate O Bjarnason vs V Dittler, 2001  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0 Fool's Mate: The Long Variation Rusty Warren vs B Wall, 1975  (A02) Bird's Opening, 7 moves, 0-1 Double kill E Diemer vs NN, 1979  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0 Promotion-induced checkmate Wiede vs A Goetz, 1880  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 7 moves, 0-1 Another underpromotion H Reinle vs Lange, 1936  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 1-0 NN loses in eight Greco vs NN, 1623  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 8 moves, 1-0 Eight-move mate Schulz vs Lehnert, 1909  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0 Legal Pillsburry Pillsbury vs Fernandez, 1900  (C25) Vienna, 9 moves, 1-0 Legal in Germany D Ham vs A Howard, 1979  (C25) Vienna, 8 moves, 1-0 Fork and mate F Teed vs E Delmar, 1896  (A80) Dutch, 8 moves, 1-0 Smothered in nine Reshevsky vs Z Margalit, 1958  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 9 moves, 0-1 Shortest correspondence?! V Manko vs Jankowitz, 1900  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 9 moves, 0-1 Trapped in ten Pillsbury vs Magagna, 1902  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 10 moves, 1-0 A rare NN miniature NN vs Cornelissen, 1974  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 6 moves, 1-0 A variation of the fool's mate J Bodvarsson vs F Olafsson, 1947  (A02) Bird's Opening, 5 moves, 0-1 Semi-smothered?! De Fraenkell vs NN, 1934  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 5 moves, 1-0 Why take the queen? F B Arnold vs M L Hanauer, 1936  (A51) Budapest Gambit, 5 moves, 0-1 Another smothered mate Koppe vs W Hain, 1941  (A51) Budapest Gambit, 9 moves, 0-1 NN resigned due to unavoidable checkmate. Greco vs NN, 1620  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 9 moves, 1-0 2. Ke7???? E Schiller vs H Pack, 1969  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 3 moves, 1-0 Another blunder! A Durao vs S Horta, 1954  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0 Scotch tape B Blumenfeld vs NN, 1903  (C45) Scotch Game, 10 moves, 1-0 Duplicate?? Capablanca vs E B Adams, 1909  (C46) Three Knights, 9 moves, 1-0 Smothered queen + checkmate threat = resignation! A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1 41 games