CHESMAYNE

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Announced Mate, ++CMA

01 A claim to be able to force checkmate in a stated number of moves.

02 In Correspondence chess there is a penalty for a false claim.

Annotation - Announced Mate Link

It was once the practice to loudly proclaim an inevitable checkmate. Now it is considered very poor form and is not permitted by the rules of chess. In any event, it is unwise to make such pronouncements - one might turn out to be wrong and subject to great embarrassment.