Puzzles and exercises dealing with popular opening scenarios.

1. Fool’s Mate
Exercises dealing with the fool’s mate – the shortest possible game in chess ending in checkmate in two moves.

2. Scholar’s Mate
Puzzles and exercises dealing with the Scholar’s Mate, which is the most popular mating attack from the starting position.

3. Premature Queen Foray – 1
Puzzles and exercises dealing with the premature queen foray Qd1-h5.

4. Premature Queen Foray – 2
Puzzles and exercises dealing with the premature queen foray Qd1-f3.

5. Legal’s Mate
Puzzles featuring the beautiful mating combination known as Legal’s Mate or Legal’s Trap.

6. Quick checkmate in the opening
Guess the moves of the side which gave a quick checkmate in the opening!