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You are still ignoring what multiple people have tried to explain to you. "Mate in X" is not a show of bravado about how quickly a grandmaster things he can be
by apetresc 7y ago
You are still ignoring what multiple people have tried to explain to you.
"Mate in X" is not a show of bravado about how quickly a grandmaster things he can beat _you_ specifically. It's a mathematical property about a position. It doesn't matter if Carlsen or a chimp are sitting on the opposite side of the board, "Mate in X" means the same thing.
- bluGill 7y agoI'm intentionally ignoring it.
- mlyle 7y agoWell, that's helpful and a good use of everyone's time. We have the lingo because while chess is not solved, "mate in ___" are situations where there is a definitive, provably optimal solution all the way through the end of the game. Calling "mate in 40" at the beginning is not one of them, no matter the relative strengths of the players involved.