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Avatar of bobbyDK

people start to categorize Tactics which is a very good thing.
recently I saw a tactics that ended with a mate in two cause black played a pointless move.(in TT we are not interested in the opponents bad move we only punish them)
one therefore picked the category mate in two.
the thing is however that if black played a dubious move black could extent the game with more than 20 moves
I think you can only have the category "mate in 2" if mate is forced regardless of how the other side plays.
or is the point about mate in two only if the opponent plays sound moves and still loses if he chooses to do something stupid that will keep him alive.

Avatar of TrueFiction
It isn't a sound move if it leads to a quicker mate.