does anyone know the least amount of moves it takes to checkmate an opponent?

Question

Who wins? and what are the moves....

Answer 1

First of all before I begin, tell me, how will it help you if you know how to checkmate in 3, 4, or 5 moves? If you are playing chess to win games, the chance will never arise, unless you never stop playing absolute first-day beginners. The practicality and usefullness of these "quickie" check-mates is very very limited. It might be cool to brag a bit with them, but ultimately they prove little and mean less. Okay, now that I've given my lecture, I guess it if safe to tell you how to do it, if only for the sake of its knowledge.

Okay, since you want to know short mates, I will show you short mates. There is this mate that can be done in two moves, and it's called the Fool's Mate.
Moves
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1. f3 e5
2. g4 Qh4++

There it is plain and simple. If white wins here, then it would be 3 moves, say:
Moves
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1. e4 f6
2. ** g5
3.Qh5++

** indicates any move that will not arouse suspicion or stop the movement of the queen

Well, now onto the 4-move checkmate, or the Scholar's Mate
Move
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1. e4 (black does anything almost, except a d-pawn move, unless his will move e-pawn; e7; or an f-pawn move)
2.Bc4 (black does anything here, except a d-pawn move unless his e-pawn is moved or will be; e7; Qe7 which effectively destroys any hope of a checkmate there; an f-pawn move, or Nf6)
3. ** (black does anything except the stuff stated before
4. Qxf6++

** indicates either Qh5 or Qf3, depending on if the g-pawn of the opponent is advanced one (calling for Qf3) or the opponent's f-pawn is advanced two then Qh4. If neither of these two situations exist, then use this guage:

1. If the player is an absolute beginner go with Qh4. Why?
Because if they're an absolute beginner, they will have either never seen it and ignore your queen's intrusion or will have seen it before and attempt to block it the most direct method available to them, g6. Then you queen can go Qxe5, assuming his pawn is there, as most beginners hear that that is a good move and tend to do it, and then with your check you can eliminate his king's rook through the opening g6 allowed and even take another pawn or a knight. Around this point the beginner will tend to resign and you can be content with the win. Just don't play too many times, sometimes they figure out the tricks to stop that combo relatively quickly, and then you become the student, not the venerable master.. lol.

2. If your opponent has played a few games, enough that you can assume with some degree of accuracy that they have seen this combo, then go with Qf3, as less people tend to use it, and with the queen much closer to your base your opponents tend to think of it as less of a threat... If they ignore your move, then smite them for the ignorance and laugh in their face. If they do see it, the advantage of Qf3 is that it is not that horrible of a move and since you are not playing a grandmaster (if you are, then resign right now, save your face and pride while you still can, lol) and thus livable. Sometimes the opponent gets careless and forgets about the checkmate and thus you can come in. Also, the move helps in some positions and I have won a few games with that position when I used that opening way back when.

Now, the five-move checkmate, as far as I know it does NOT exist. Unless that is you add an extra move to any of the previous few checkmates to stretch it out and cover any really suspicious activities, then I guess it could qualify for a "5-move checkmate".

Well, hope I helped and if you need any more feel free to contact me again, I'll be here for a while unless I die in an accident of some sorts:) Oh, by the way, I recommend you read my first paragraph again, it will remind you not to jump and immediately try these moves, not in a rated game at least. In nonrated games, try them by all means. I have developed a few hundred variations to the Scholar's Mate to make it look like my intentions are harmless, or to counter my opponent's countering of my attempted quick checkmates, and if the opponent isn't thorough in his checking for any weaknesses in his position, due to the ultra-sharp nature of the Scholar's Mate opening you pretty much guaranteed yourself a win, but if and only if your opponent screws up. If he plays right and you play right or wrong, he will have the upper-hand regardless, so reread my first paragraph and do what you will. Remember to ask if you've got questions:)

Answer 2

I believe it is 3 in a move called the blitzkrieg. You move one of your pawns ( can't remember which), then move your bishop diagonal to the side of the board and then your queen to the other side. The opponent is supposed to make some move exposing his king (they never do) and then he is checkmated because he's stuck and can't move anywhere. Look it up online for more info.

Answer 3

The fastest checkmate possible is known as the 'fool's mate'

This site has a complete description with examples.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fool's_mate

Answer 4

YES JUST GIVE TIGHT SLAP ON THE OPPONENT
HE WILL LEAVE THE GAME
AND THE RESULT IS
THAT U HAVE WON
i am sorry
that is not the answer
but i realy dont knw the answer

Answer 5

It's called a fools mate.

The moves are f3 e5, g4 Qh4, but there are variations.

Answer 6

I've seen it done in 5... maybe you could do it faster but I'm not sure

Answer 7

4 moves. Can't describe themoves to you, don't play chess but this was a question on jeopardy once.

Answer 8

it's called "Fool's Mate"

white - black

1.f3 e5
2.g4 Qh4#

2 moves by black and win.

Answer 9

2 moves, it's called a fool's mate. black wins

1. f4 e6
2. g4 Qh4+

Answer 10

i think its four or five, and it revolves around the bishop queen and pawns