Author: Ed Trice
Date: 11:57:39 02/04/04
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>>White has a mate in 262. >> >>[D]1N6/1RK5/5n2/8/8/8/5n2/6k1 w - - 0 1 > >This means that the position is drawn by the 50 move rule. >The more interesting question is what is the longest possible forced mate in >chess. > >If the opponent can stop the mate in the middle and claim a draw by the 50 move >rule then there is no forced mate in chess(there is forced mate in similiar game >that does not include the 50 move rule but I am more interested in chess). > >Uri Recall that FIDE changed the 50-move rule to 100 at one point, then back to 75 (I think) then back to 50. The idea was that if you are in a provable winning position, you should not be forced to abandon it as drawn. I think positions that are very long wins without the Drawn-in-N-Moves rule are still very interesting. There is no way to keep FIDE from changing the rule again, for example.
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