Quote Originally Posted by SuperDave9x19
That situation is an exact analogy to some situations in chess.

Ever have someone say "Mate in 5" and you may think, "no one can see 5 moves ahead, the branching probabilites are damn near infinite"

But when you FORCE a move, it's easy . But you really aren't seeing 5 moves ahead. You are giving him 2-3 VERY necessary choices which lead to the final 2-3 true "mating" moves.
I mating moves

(sorry, couldn't resist ). Great post, Pyro. Knew I had seen it before! (At first I thought it was copied but then I realized it was teh old)