[Event "New to nuke: Opening queen tactics: Qh5, \"Fool's mate\""] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/sRM1FScZ/Spbnozni"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Atomic"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Illion"] [UTCDate "2017.08.23"] [UTCTime "20:27:41"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/sRM1FScZ/Spbnozni"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 (1. Nf3 f6 2. Nc3 Nh6 3. g4 c6 4. e4 e6 5. d4 f5 6. Ng5 Bb4 7. Nxh7?? { The "Fool's mate" theme can appear in middlegames; always consider the weaknesses created whenever g4 or ...g5 is played. } { [%csl Rh4] } 7... Qh4 { [%csl Rf2][%cal Bd8h4,Rh4f2] } 8. Kd2 Bxc3#) 1... g5?? { Like in regular chess, this weakens the h5-e8 diagonal excessively, and since it's atomic this is already fatal even without ...f6. } 2. Qh5 { Qxf7 follows. } { [%csl Rf7][%cal Bd1h5,Rh5f7] } 2... d5 3. Qxf7# *