burntchips

not telling
toronto, Canada

Member Since: Jun 22, 2009
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Truly Forced Mates

Submitted by burntchips on Oct 20, 2009 3:42pm.

This is one of my first serious blog posts. Most of the readers already know what a 'forced mate' is. But, sincethe checkmating side can usually play another move which allows the would-be checkmatee to escape, I think the phrase would be a misnomer....Read more »