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Dress Pr0n For The 'Ettes:

A 1740-60 @metmuseum Robe à l'Anglaise to start the evening, as I admire the fitted bodice back of this gown in comparison to Watteau pleats typical of Robes à la Française. Small differences and alterations in silhouette mark the evolution of dress during the 18th century. pic.twitter.com/NqDdeLWpJN

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Greetings From Sardinia

Pick 6!

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Solutions Update

Easier Problem - White To Play

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1.g4+ Kg5
2.h4+ Kxg4
3.Qxg6+ winning the queen and eventually the game.

More Challenging Problem - White To Play

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1.Qg8+ Rf8

Most of you probably saw that. But here's what I didn't see:

2.Qg6+!

Well, to be more precisely I saw this move, but then I thought 2...Qxg6 would put an end to it. I would have just thrown my queen away for nothing. Because I got lazy and stopped my analysis there, I spent the rest of the time wandering in the wilderness. But if I would have bestirred myself to spend 10 more seconds looking at it, I might have seen that Black can't take the queen: 2...Qxg6 3. Rexe7+ Kd8 4. Rbd7#.

2...Rf7

If 2...Kd8 then 3.Qxd6+ Ke8 4.Qxe7#

3.Qxd6 Kf8

At this point, it doesn't matter what Black does as he can't prevent the loss of his knight, and shortly thereafter, the game. For example, another line could be 3.. c2 4.Rexe7+ Kf8 5.Rxf7+ Kg8 6.Qg6+ Kh8 7.Qh7#

4.Rexe7 Kg8
5.Qg6+ Kh8
6.Rxf7 fxg3
7.Rh7#

Conclusion: White can force a mate in 7.

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.

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