Although the Napoleon Opening is never seen in high-level competition, the Danvers Opening has occasionally been tried in tournaments by GM Hikaru Nakamura to achieve a practical middlegame position for White.
Openings such as the French Defense (1.e6) or the Scandinavian Defense (1.d5) render scholar's mate unviable, while other openings such as the Sicilian Defense (1.c5) make 2.Bc4 a bad move (1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 ? e6, intending. It is not difficult to parry, however.Īfter 1.e4, Black can play a semi-open defense instead of 1.e5. Unlike the fool's mate, which rarely occurs at any level, games ending in scholar's mate are quite common among beginners.
Thus, the text "one houſe" describing the first move (advancing one square) may have been a mistake. However, the document treated a then-exotic subject during the early days of printing consequently the publisher attached a list of errata at the back, following publication.
Beale's text was an early modern account of the rules and tactics of chess, including concepts such as the ability of a pawn to advance two squares on its first move, the en passant capture, forks, and exchanges. Beale, The Royall Game of Chesse-Play Īll of the details are coherent from the modern perspective except for the first moves by each player-if Black's pawn advances only one square, this prevents White's bishop from supporting the white queen to give mate.