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Dress Pr0n For The 'Ettes:

Apart from the obvious depth of violet & the steely #embellishment that studs the soft pile of the cloth, my other most favourite thing about this dress is the high collar. I can’t tell if it is attached, but it looks dreamy, early #1900s, #PalazzoPitti, Florence #fashionhistory pic.twitter.com/0tIiO79HxD

— Dr Kate Strasdin (@kateStrasdin) September 30, 2019

Greetings From Oktoberfest 2019!

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Solutions Update

Beginner Problem - White To Play

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1.Bg8+ Kxg8
2.Qg7#

Intermediate Problem - White To Play

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1. Nh6+ gxh6
2. Bf7+

Not 2.Qg4+ Neg5 3.Bf7+ Kg7 and the quick win slips away)

2...Kg7
3.Bxh6+ Kxh6
4.Qh5+ Kg7
5.Qg6#

Advanced Problem - White To Play

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1.Qe7 R5f7!

The pawn cannot be defended, i.e. 1...Qh4?? 2.Qg7#

So the question is, what rook will you use to block the attack. This choice gives rise to two similar lines, one is just a bit longer than the other. The first line is:

1...R8f7
2.Qxf7 Rxf7
3.Rxf7 Qe1+
4.Rxe1 Nxe1
5.Kg1 Kg8
6.Rd7 Nc2
7.Kf2 Kf8
8.Kxf3 h5
9.Ke4 Na3
10.Rd6 Kf7
11.Rxa6 etc.

If Black defends with the other rook, it's over more quickly:

2.Qxf7 Rxf7
3.Rxf7 Kg8
4.Ra7 Qe1+
5.Rxe1 Nxe1
6.Kg1 Nd3
7.Re7 Nf4
8.Kf2

In either case, it's not a quick mate, but the simplification allows White to snap up the vulnerable black pawns like low-hanging fruit.

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 05:16 PM

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