Chapter 5: Suicide Mate
One minute after Harry finished his drawn game with Goyle, he noticed Adrian Pucey walk past him and Theo in the Slytherin Common Room.
"Hey Pucey, want to play a game of Wizard's Chess?", Harry asked.
"Sure Potter", Pucey said. "But to tell the truth, I don't know much about Wizard's Chess, or chess in general."
Outside of quidditch practices, Harry had little interaction with the third-year Slytherin. Harry hoped to be able to ask the substitute chaser about his personal life if he had the chance.
Harry had the white pieces and Pucey had the black pieces.
"Pawn to e4", Harry said. The white pawn on e2 moved to e4.
"Pawn to e5", Pucey said. The black pawn on e7 moved to e5.
"Queen to h5", Harry said. The white queen on d1 moved to h5.
Harry was shocked when Pucey said, "King to e7"
The black king on e8 moved to e7. But Harry knew this lost the game immediately for Pucey.
Harry said, "Queen to e5."
The white queen moved from h5 to e5, destroying the black pawn that occupied the e5 square.
"Checkmate", Harry said. He felt elated that he had gotten his first win ever in Wizard's Chess.
"This type of quick mate is also known as 'Suicide Mate'", Theo said. "Pucey's king was trapped and mated because of that blunder on his second move."
"Like I said, Potter", Pucey said. "I don't know much about chess."