Wednesday, April 1, 2020

A Poem for April - I felt a bit of a fool

A game in which White is mated
by Black's queen on the second move,
it is called a fool's mate.

A game in which White mates Black
on the fourth move with the queen,
supported by the king's bishop,
it is called a scholar's mate.

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Each player starts the game with two bishops,
one moving on white squares
and the other on black.

He was a pawn in the game of power politics.

A pawn is a chess piece of the smallest size and value,
that moves one square forwards along its file
if unobstructed (or two on the first move),
or one square diagonally forwards when making a capture.

Each player begins with eight pawns on the second rank,
and can promote a pawn to become any other piece (typically a fool)
if it reaches the opponent's end of board.

Maybe you can try to queen it over.