Scholars mate allows you to checkmate your opponent in 4 moves. It is great against beginners but it is also easy to defend against.
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let targetMove = "";
onPieceClicked(function (squareName) {
if(targetMove == "") {
return false;
}
if (squareName == sourceOfSan(targetMove)) {
return true;
} else {
highlightSquareRed(squareName);
return false;
}
});
onMoveAttempted(function (san) {
if (targetMove != "" && san == targetMove) {
nextDelayed();
targetMove = "";
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
});
var steps = [];
steps.push(function() {
info("Scholar's mate allows you to checkmate your opponent in 4 moves.\
<br>It is great against beginners but it is also easy to defend against.");
showNextButton(true);
});
steps.push(function() {
highlightSquareYellow("f7");
info("It relies on the weekness of the f7 square, we aim to get our queen to occupy it.");
showNextButton(true);
});
steps.push(function() {
unhighlightAll();
info("Start by playing e4, this defends the center as normal, and allows us to move our queen and bishop");
targetMove = "e4";
});
steps.push(function() {
performMove("e5");
nextDelayed();
});
steps.push(function() {
info("Next we move our bishop to c4, attacking f7");
targetMove = "Bc4";
});
steps.push(function() {
performMove("Bc5");
nextDelayed();
});
steps.push(function() {
info("Next we move our queen to h5, hopefully our opponent will play Nf6 to attack it.");
targetMove = "Qh5";
});
steps.push(function() {
performMove("Nf6");
nextDelayed();
});
steps.push(function() {
info("Finally we play Qxf7# to checkmate");
targetMove = "Qxf7#";
});
steps.push(function() {
info("Checkmate!");
complete();
});
onNextClicked(function () {
showNextButton(false);
next();
});
function nextDelayed() {
setTimeout(next, 400);
}
function next() {
if (steps.length > 0) {
//remove the first function from the array and call it
steps.shift()();
}
}
next();