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Dress Pr0n For The 'Ettes:

This week's #FridayFrills is quite luxurious! It is an 1910-19 blue/purple velvet chiffon dress. The artistry in the beading is a masterpiece. Can you imagine walking around in that!? #GalleriadelCostumediPalazzoPitti #fashionhistory pic.twitter.com/IpYkplfBdk

— Lauren Deutsch (@LaurenCDeutsch) November 23, 2019

Greetings From Turkey

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Solutions Update

Beginner Problem - Black To Play

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Here's how you do a mate in 3. All of White's moves are forced:

1...Rd1+
2.Qxd1 Qc3+
3.Qd2 Qxd2#

Intermediate Problem - White To Play

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1.hxg6 Qf4
2.Qxf7+ Qxf7
3.gxf7+ Kxf7
4.Kxd2 and this is a winning position.

Part 2:

The endgame isn't a slam dunk and must be played carefully:

4...Ke6
5.Ke3 a6
6.Kd4 b6
7.c5 Kd7
8.cxb6 Kc6
9.b7 Kxb7
10.Kc5 Kc7
11.f4 Kb7
12.f5 Kc7
13.f6 Kd7
14.Kb6 Ke6
15.Kxa6 Kxf6
16.b5 and wins

Advanced Problem - White To Play

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1.Bd5+ Re6 (1...Kf6 2.Qh4+ g5 3.Rf1+ Kg6 4.Qh5#)
2.Rf1+ Ke7
3.Qxg7+ Kd6
4.Rd1 Re7

(4...Rb7 5.Bxb7+ Kc5 6.Qc7+ Kb5 7.Rd5+ Ka4 8.Qxc4 Bxb7 9.Qa2#)

5.Be4+ Kc5
6.Qxe7+ Kb5
7.Qxe5+ Ka4
8.Bc2+ b3
9.Ra1+ Kb4
10.Qa5#

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 05:26 PM

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