You can get away, and the engine recommends this, with chasing the queen for about 2 or 3 moves depending on the position. After that, focus on developing your pieces, and then return for a second strike on the queen. Opponents who bring their queen out early often forget to check escape squares after the first chase.
What should I do after an opponents failed scholars mate?
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You should crush them.
19 days ago
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#4
You actually want to focus on attacking the enemy queen by developing your pieces while doing that. This way they have to move their queen, and you are developing your pieces. Most likely you will not win the queen but that is rarely the goal in punishing early queen moves. Also your opponent's lack of pieces that are developed is a weakness in their position that can be exploited.
On another note the first move when someone is trying to play scholars mate they play e4 or e3 first. d3 and d4 don't allow for scholars mate right away, and d3 actually gets in the way of scholars mate.
Here is a Youtube video on how to deal with early queen attacks: https://youtu.be/8vJic_mR76o?si=Fs8DFbTWwfPyK1FH
18 days ago
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#5
If their queen is in a spot where it can be attacked by minor pieces, try to do so to force it to waste moves retreating.
Log onto Youtube. Type in the same words you posted on this thread, then pic any of the dozens of options you will have pertaining to what to do about scholar's mate. You're welcome.
18 days ago
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#7
The Scholar's Mate is an objectively bad opening because it's very easy to counter and allows you to bully the heck out of your opponent. Just continue development in ways that threaten the queen and watch them move it all around.
If they blunder their queen, you get a big advantage. If they don't...you still have the advantage.
Nf3 is generally the recommended move if your opponent tries the Scholar's Mate, followed by Qe2, but playing Qe2 first is also good; this will automatically thwart the attack.
Also, I think you meant to say "e3 or e4" in your post.
18 days ago
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#8
It's easy enough to block all the Scholar's Mate threats and get a very comfortable game.
It doesn't give you a forced win, but a very nice position.
18 days ago
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#9
Of course, after I say that, I lose a game where my opponent failed Scholar's Mate. And then I get destroyed by someone who's 100+ points lower than me.
I swear I'm done with this game
I want to show another way Black can play.
In the above position, White is attacking Black undefended e5 pawn.
Blueemu on post #8 showed a great way for Black to respond.
Blueemu played the move Nc6 which develops the Knight to defend e5.
You could also defend the e5 pawn with your D pawn like below:
The above line is another way to defend your e5 pawn so White can’t take it.
These above lines are mainly defensive lines.
These lines can be great if you have a very defensive play style.
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However, I want to show you a more aggressive line.
The line I want to show you is a gambit line which players who have a more aggressive play style might actually prefer playing.
I don’t know if you play more aggressive or defensive so I just wanted to give you different options so you can chose line which better suits your play style.
The Gambit line is also considered very good and it is extremely aggressive.
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Unlike, the lines Blueemu & I was showing above previously, The aggressive line doesn’t defend the e5 pawn.
In the defensive lines, Black was defending the undefended e5 pawn with a Knight or D Pawn.
In this aggressive line, Black has abandoned the e5 pawn and has developed the King’s Knight to f6 which counter attacks the Queen on h4.
Black plans to capture White Queen on next move if White doesn’t move it.
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As you might have guessed, White Queen was attacking e5 and Black didn’t defend it.
Thus, the e5 pawn falls at the hands of White and it comes with check which is like salt being poured into wounds.
At first glance, you might think Black is done for.
- Black lost pawn.
- Black King is in check.
- Black has to block the check.
It seems like Black is losing, but this is the beauty of chess!
White is up 1 pawn, but they only have 1 piece developed!
Black is down 1 pawn, but his Knight is out + Bishop is out + he will be able to develop is other Knight to c6 with tempo on Queen White on e5.
In addition, Black is 1 move away from castling.
IN EXCHANGE FOR LOSING 1 PAWN, BLACK WILL HAVE HALF HIS ARMY DEVELOPED!
This is more than enough compensation to justify the loss of 1 pawn.
White started aggressive, but now the tables have turned!
White will be the one on defense and Black will be the one attacking to regain lost pawn & more. The White player will have to trend carefully not to get checkmated.
Okay so sure, the opening is fumbled, but the second option they have is the similar mate, but with the knight…whatever.
Obviously focusing on killing their queen is a waste since it can move anywhere quickly.
Only thing I can think of is making sure my pieces are protected and to look for weak spots in their pieces…problem is they sometimes don’t even attempt to move many, if any pieces out unless it’s for a quick mate…?