Answers.Body: <p>No. </p>
  
  <p>With two moves as white, you can get out a maximum of one attacker to deliver a check. </p>
  
  <p>With one move as black, there is no weakness you can create that leaves you unable to defend a check from any given attacking vector.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Fools Mate is simple as black, white opens right up, 2 moves, done.</p>
  
  <p>But if you attempt to do this as white, once you move, black moves, you move, it's only check, there is no checkmate.</p>
  
  <p>Is it possible to get a 2 move checkmate as white?</p>
  
Tags: <checkmate><fools-mate>
Title: Fool's Mate - As White?
ThreadText: # Fool's Mate - As White?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-09-14)
  
  Fools Mate is simple as black, white opens right up, 2 moves, done.
  
  But if you attempt to do this as white, once you move, black moves, you move, it's only check, there is no checkmate.
  
  Is it possible to get a 2 move checkmate as white?
  
  **Tags:** checkmate, fools-mate
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2014-09-14. Score: 5 | Accepted answer
  
  No.
  
  With two moves as white, you can get out a maximum of one attacker to deliver a check.
  
  With one move as black, there is no weakness you can create that leaves you unable to defend a check from any given attacking vector.
  
  
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