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scholar's mate

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The checkmate which occurs shortly after the opening, when the white queen checkmates by taking the black pawn on f7 (or the black queen taking the white pawn on f2), protected by a bishop on c4 (or c5).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: board-games, chess, games

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History

Etymology

First named and described in The Royall Game of Chesse-Play, a 1656 text by the English author Francis Beale.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ضَرْبَة الرَاعِي — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Arabic: خطة نابليون — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Armenian: մանկական մատ (mankakan mat) — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Catalan: mat del pastor — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Catalan: escac i mat del pastor — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Chinese Mandarin: 四回合將殺 /四回合将杀 (sì huíhé jiāngshā) — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Dutch: herdersmat — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Finnish: koulumatti — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • French: coup du berger — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • French: mat du berger — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • German: Schäfermatt — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • German: Schäferzug — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • German: Schustermatt — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Greek: βαριάντα του Ναπολέοντα (variánta tou Napoléonta) — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Greek: ναπολεόντειο ματ (napoleónteio mat) — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Hebrew: מט סנדלרים — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Hungarian: susztermatt — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Italian: matto del barbiere — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Korean: 스칼러스 메이트 (seukalleoseu meiteu) — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Latin: mattum scholāris — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Lithuanian: vaikiškas matas — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Lithuanian: kindermatas — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Macedonian: школски мат (školski mat) — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Malayalam: സ്കോളർസ് മേറ്റ് (skōḷaṟsŭ mēṟṟŭ) — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Norwegian: skolematten — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Polish: mat szewski — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Portuguese: mate pastor — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Russian: де́тский ма́т (détskij mát) — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Serbo-Croatian: шко̀лскӣ ма̏т — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Serbo-Croatian: škòlskī mȁt — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Slovene: šuštar mat — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Spanish: mate del pastor — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Spanish: mate pastor — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Spanish: jaque mate del pastor — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Spanish: jaque mate pastor — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Swedish: skolmatt — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Tamil: மாணவகன் முற்றுகை (māṇavakaṉ muṟṟukai) — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Turkish: çoban matı — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Ukrainian: дитячий мат (dytjačyj mat) — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#
  • Vietnamese: chiếu hết scholar — checkmate which occurs after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7#