ECO A00

Barnes Opening: Fool's Mate

Barnes Opening: Fool's Mate is a chess opening classified under ECO A00. Its defining line here is 1. f3 e5 2. g4 Qh4#.

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1. f3 e5 2. g4 Qh4#

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The diagram shows the position after 1. f3 e5 2. g4 Qh4#. Play through it move by move in the interactive explorer.

Opening name, ECO code, and main line come from the Lichess open chess openings dataset.

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