opening moves again!

Originally posted by randolph
3. a very strong player taking hours on each move unassisted by an engine

If the "strong player" is rated about 2600+ FIDE, then I agree with you. I think that a strong computer would win a majority of the games against most IM's, even if the IM took three hours or more per move. (Assuming that the computer was permitted to spend an average of at least fifteen minutes per move.)

White has a forced mate-in-two in this position.

This position is on page 30 of Reuben Fine's Chess the Easy Way.

White makes the following 16 moves: 1 d4 2 Qd2 3 Qf4 4 Nd2 5 Nc4 6 Nf3 7 Nfd2 8 Ne4 9 a4 10 Ra3 11 Re3 12 h4 13 Rah3 14 Rhf3 15 g3 16 Bh3.