Fastest mate

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From the starting position of chess, what is the minimum no. of moves for black to checkmate white?

White is "cooperating" to let black mate as quickly as possible.
White isn't allowed to resign.

1 5 4 3 2

Saksham Jain by Saksham Jain , 17, India

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It is called the Fool's mate .

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Munem Shahriar
Dec 6, 2017

In chess, Fool's Mate, also known as the "Two-Move Checkmate", is the checkmate in the fewest possible number of moves from the start of the game. This can be achieved only by Black, who can deliver checkmate on move 2 with the queen. Fool's Mate received its name because it can only occur if White plays extraordinarily weakly (i.e., commits a blunder).

Source: Wikipedia

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