When Vasyl Ivanchuk checkmated Vishy Anand in 2 moves!!!
Game of chess is all about making decisions based on the questions asked by the position. So, it feels right to start the article with some questions. Q1. Can a chess player lose a chess game by checkmate in 2 moves? Q2. Can a chess Grandmaster(GM) lose a chess game by checkmate in 2 moves? Q3. Can a World Champion in chess lose a chess game by checkmate in 2 moves? Your answer to Q1 would probably be a YES . We have all seen a 2-move checkmate called Fool's Mate in our early days of playing chess. Armenian GM Levon Aronian gave a very nice analogy between Fool's mate and life. As a part of Kasparov Chess(KC) Conference project, Levon was answering some questions asked by chess fans around the world in which one of the questions was: In the starting position the shortest way Black can give mate is a move quicker than for White (two moves compared to three). Is that a curiosity or another proof of how drawn the starting position is? Levon's answer: Perhaps that fact also