Scholar's mate

Okay kiddo, Scholar's mate is a type of trick that some chess players use to try to win quickly at the start of the game.

Here's how it works:

White moves their pawn to e4 and black moves their pawn to e5. Then, white moves their bishop to c4, which might make black think that white just likes to develop their pieces in a normal way.

But then, white moves their queen to h5, which might surprise black because the queen is very strong and could attack black's king pretty quickly. If black isn't careful, they might move one of their pawns to defend the king, but this would actually weaken the pawn structure and give white even more opportunities to attack.

So if black falls for the trick and doesn't protect their king well, white can move their queen to f7 and checkmate black!

That's why it's called Scholar's mate – because it's an old trick that some people think only beginner chess players would fall for. But good chess players should be able to see when their opponent is trying to do this and be ready to defend their king properly.