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And Now, A Bit of Dress Pron

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Solutions Update

Easy Problem - Black To Play

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A simple mate in 3:

1...Qg1+
2.Rxg1 Nf2+
3.Kg2 Bh3#

Hard Problem - White To Play

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1.Bc3+ Kg8

Not 1...Kh7 because then 2.Bd3+ Kh6 3.a6 wins for White.

2.Bc4+ Nxc4

This is pretty much a forced capture as Black needs to reposition his knight.

3.a6 b5

Black clears off b6 for his knight, but it is all for naught.

4.Ba5! Nb6
5.Bxb6 cxb6
6.a7 Kf8
7.a8=Q and White will eventually win. For example: 7...Ke7 8.Qc6 b4 9.Qe4+ Kd7 10.Qxb4 Bc7+ 11.Kf3 Kc6
12.Qc4+ Kd7 13.Qd5+ Kc8 14.Kg4 Kb8 15.Qc6 and wins.

Hope to see you all next week!

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Note: that cryptic line of letters and numbers you see underneath each board diagram is a representation of the position in what is known as "Forsyth-Edwards Notation", or F.E.N. It's actually readable by humans. Most computer applications nowadays can read FEN, so those of you who may want to study the position, you can copy the line of FEN and paste into your chess app and it should automatically recreate the position on its display board. Or, Windows users can just "triple click" on it and the entire line will be highlighted so you can copy and past it into your chess app.

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So that about wraps it up for this week. Chess thread tips, suggestions, bribes, rumors, threats, and insults may be sent to my yahoo address: OregonMuse little-a-in-a-circle yahoo dott com.

posted by OregonMuse at 05:43 PM

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