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what is blitzkreig in chess?


Another name for the "Scholar's mate". Quoting wikipedia [1]:

> Scholar's Mate has sometimes also been given other names in English, such as Schoolboy's Mate (which in modern English perhaps better connotes the sense of 'novice' intended by the word Scholar's) and Blitzkrieg (German for "lightning war"), meaning a quick and short engagement (Kidder 1960).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholar%27s_mate




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