Unnatural Habits: a Phryne Fisher Mystery (Phryne Fisher Mysteries)
“Jane did the same, and Tinker moved his bishop out three squares on the diagonal. Jane smiled. ‘This would be the Boden Gambit I was telling you about? All right, Tinker, but I’m not going to move my knight. I’m going to do this instead.’She moved her own bishop out next to Tinker’s. Tinker frowned, and moved his queen’s pawn out two squares. Jane looked disconcerted, and moved her queen out to the very edge of the board. It was Tinker’s turn to frown. He had expected that Jane would take his q...ueen’s pawn. He moved out his king’s knight to attack Jane’s queen. Jane clapped her hands together gleefully and moved her queen down to take the pawn next to Tinker’s king. ‘Checkmate!’ she exulted. ‘See, your king can’t move anywhere.’‘You got him,’ said Tinker, lying the piece down.‘That’s called the Scholar’s Mate. We’ve all fallen into that trap at some stage. Remember it for next time.’‘Still,’ he growled, ‘you didn’t win the bet. Took you four moves.’Jane conceded that this was so and showed him the Scholar’s Mate again, slowly.MoreLess
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