Has anyone experienced the situation in which the opponent tells you that he will give you mate announcing the exact number of "future" moves to the final game ?. Or someone who has done it?.
Tarrasch vs Marshall. Montecarlo 1903. Four Knights. C48.
Later move 38, Whites announces mate in 5 moves. Marshall resigns.
Fresh (1994). In my opinion, horrible movie. A boy plays against an arrogant hustler in a park.
The boy wins, and said:
"Mate in 5 moves". (Victory in less than 5). "It would have been 5 if you were clever".
I don´t think these things happen frequently in a tournament. In a friendly game or even in a chess club, maybe.
Should one think badly of the executioner?.
If one’s name is Allwermann and he announces a complex mate in 8...
Happens occasionally in casual club blitz.
Does not happen in serious tournament situations where talking in general is considered impolite already.
Plus most mortal patzers are wise enough not to risk to make a fool of themselves - their 5 moves deep calculation might be wrong somewhere and they would look really silly if the opponent finds a saving move after such a bold announcement (movie heroes with the plot on their side are at an advantage here). On the other hand, in games between masters, the loser tends to resign long before any mate is on the table.
So yeah, it mostly happens in moves and anecdotes.
It doesn't happen mostly because people realise it's not actually impressive. Who are you trying to impress, anyway? You just end up looking like a jerk. Certainly it's not going to help you make friends with your opponent.
Of course, if you're playing a casual game, and you know both you and your opponent are trying to improve, and you're already good friends, then you might say "I think I have checkmate in X here". Then you and your opponent might have a conversation: "oh, mate in X? I only see X+1", "oh yes, I missed that the queen could interpose, so I suppose it is X+1", etc.
But to just announce "I have mate in 5" suggests that you don't care about playing the game and you don't care about letting your opponent enjoy the game; you just want the game to end as quickly as possible, preferably by their resignation. That's not fun.
that feeling when Stockfish announces #51 :)
yea because he is seeing computer evaluations lol
When people blunder in antichess, I sometimes say mate in 16
