Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 11:39:17 04/22/99
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On April 22, 1999 at 13:05:04, Steve Coladonato wrote: >At one time, there was a rule in chess that in the case of a known forced mate a >player was allowed the standard 50 move rule or twice the number of moves with >best play to execute the mate. The KNB vs K ending is a 34 move ending with >best play. Therefore a player was allowed 68 moves to effect the mate. Does >anyone know if this rule is still in effect? I have never heard of that rule. And the 50-move rule does not impose a limit to deliver mate (in the case of KNB vs K mate is the only way for the strong side to win, but in other cases there might be a pawn push or a capture). I do not think this "twice the number of moves" rule is in effect, at least in FIDE events.
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