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Dress Pr0n For The 'Ettes:

Day 14 of #Advent and there is nothing understated about this 1938 #Mainbocher dress, a black background that is swathed in chunky silver swags, bold tinselled appliqué @V_and_A #1930s #fashionhistory pic.twitter.com/MAKb25DNbm

— Dr Kate Strasdin (@kateStrasdin) December 14, 2018

Greetings From Russia

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Solutions Update

Easier Problem - White To Play

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1. Rc3+ Kb7

Not 1...Kd8? 2.Rb3 Nc4 3.Rb8+ Kc7 4.Rxg8 which wins a rook, not just the knight.

2.Rb3+ Kc6
3.Rxb2 and White is a knight up.

More Challenging Problem - White To Play

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1. Bh6+ Kg6

Best. Black has two other options, but they lose quickly:

#1: 1...Kxh6 2.Qxf6#
#2: 1...Kh8 2.Qxf6+ Qg7 3.Qxg7#

2.gxh5+ Kxh6
3.Qxf6+ Kxh5
4.Rh1+ Kg4
5.Rh4# 1-0

My chess app found another line that extends the game by an additional move:

4...Qh3+
5.Rxh3+ Kg4
6.Bd1#

So it's a mate in 5 or mate in 6. Call it mate in 5 because no human would play 4...Qh3+

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 05:18 PM

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