My point was it doesn't matter when it occurs in a game chekmate is the end thus end game.
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From: Joshua Kronengold <mneme@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 13:13:30
To: <icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Icehouse] Homeworlds Terminology
tbaileysr@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>But isn't checkmate the quintessential end game?
Checkmate != fool's mate.
Checkmate is how you win a Chess game.
Fool's Mate is:
p-kb3 | p-k4
p-kn3 | q-kr4 (mate)
And conversationally, similar situations where the game ends in the
minimal number of moves.
Bluebird is an endgame mistake that involves p1 blowing up half the
homeworld of p2 and allowing p2 to win specifically -because- of the
destruction of half her homeworld.
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