7k/PR4qr/3p4/P2Bp3/3PPp1b/7P/6P1/2r2RK1 b - - 0 1

Dress Pr0n For The 'Ettes:

Aerophane silk was a fine, slightly crinkled gauze popular in the early decades of the #19thc used in whole garments & in additional embellishments. The effect here in late #1820s dark copper aerophane is to cover the body but simultaneously hint at the silhouette beneath @lacma pic.twitter.com/44UBKA0dfL

— Dr Kate Strasdin (@kateStrasdin) September 13, 2018

And speaking of aeroplane dresses:

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Ruth Hensinger was married on this day in 1947, wearing a dress made from the nylon parachute that saved her husband's life. Maj. Claude Hensinger, a B-29 pilot, was returning from a raid over Japan in August 1944 when his engine caught fire. When he proposed to Ruth after the war, he offered her the material from the parachute that saved him. She worked with a seamstress to create the bodice, and used the strings on the parachute to shorten the front of the dress and create a train in the back. The dress was also worn by their daughter and by their son’s bride before being donated to our @amhistorymuseum.

A post shared by Smithsonian (@smithsonian) on Jul 19, 2018 at 2:08pm PDT

Greetings From Belarus

Boots, Made For Walking:

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Solutions Update

Easier Problem - White to Play

k3K3/8/7R/N6p/8/8/8/q7 w - - 0 1

Don't worry about the pawn. Not yet. The first task is to get that queen.

1.Ra6+ Kb8

Black's only legal move, which sets up

2.Nc6+!

A discovered attack.

2...Kb7

And now the queen gets et.

3. Rxa1 Kxc6

The pawn is next.

4. Rh1 Kd5
5. Rxh5+ and wins.

More Challenging Problem - Black To Play

7k/PR4qr/3p4/P2Bp3/3PPp1b/7P/6P1/2r2RK1 b - - 0 1

1...Bf2+! 2.Kxf2

Other moves lose more quickly, i.e. 2.Kh2 Qg3+ 3.Kh1 Rxf1#. Also 2.Kh1 Rxf1+ 3.Kh2 Qg3#

2...Rc2+
3.Ke1 Qg3+
4.Kd1 Qd3+
5.Ke1 Qe2#

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 paste 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 05:07 PM

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