Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To David Paulowich wrote on Tue, Mar 7, 2006 03:00 PM UTC:In Sam Trenholme's 'Schoolbook' variant: 1.e4 g6 2.f4 Kg7 3.Bf2 Kh6 4.Bi5 is a Fool's Mate in more than one sense, as in French the bishop is called a fool. This looks like the shortest possible mate by one of the lesser pieces. Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID fool mat does not match any item.