Fool’s Mate Themes: How to Checkmate Fast

This book shows you 60 games using the Fool’s Mate themes. Once you learn this checkmate skill, it helps you win fast.
If the opportunity arises, there’s no faster way to win. Fool’s Mate is the shortest possible chess game. Black can win in two moves. White can win in three.
Two-move games are rare, but Fool’s Mate themes occur in many openings. The longest games here are 11 moves. This book is a short read with lots of diagrams. I illustrate the themes so that you can read the whole book quickly.
Fool's Mate is a type of checkmate early in the game where the losing king is trapped on its original square.
These mates come diagonally. Black mates the king on e1 from g3 or h4. White mates the king on e8 from h5 or g6. Look for a weakness when opponents move the f-pawn, and usually the g-pawn or h-pawn, early in the game.