The Scholar's mate from the Queen's gambit
- Written by puzzlemaster on Nov. 7, 2020
- board analysis
In episode 1 of Netflix's show The Queen's Gambit, a young Beth Harman plays her first chess game with Mr Shaibel, the janitor of the orphanage ,who would become her first mentor. In three moves he serves her a checkmate in what will be revealed to be the Scholar's mate. In French, it is called "le coup du berger".