Sam has closed his piano and gone to bed ... now we can talk about the real stuff of life ... love, liberty and games such as Janus, Capablanca Random, Embassy Chess & the odd mention of other 10x8 variants is welcome too
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My version of Vortex shows 17...i6 through ply 5 (0 seconds) and switches to 17...Rg8 on the next ply. It finds a mate in 9 due to all of the check extensions at only ply 10, so it switches to 17...h5 and sticks with it. Through ply 12 it thinks it can force a repetition draw, but at ply 13 it sees white can still break through and win material, but the play is much more complex and would be hard to find.