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Dress Pr0n For The 'Ettes:

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— History Lovers Club (@historylvrsclub) November 6, 2019

Merry Christmas!

Greetings From Spain

Bonus Melania:

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Problem Solutions

Beginner Problem - White To Play

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1.Ne7+ Qxe7

Forced. But now the long diagonal has been cleared, which allows:

2.Bb7#

Intermediate Problem - White To Play

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It's mate in, at most 4 moves. If Black plays sub-optimally, he'll be mated quicker.

1.Rxh7+ Kxh7
(1...Kf8 2.Qxf7#)

2.Qxf7+ (2.Rh1+ Kg8)

2...Kh6 (2...Kh8 3.Rh1#)
3.Rh1+ Kg5
4.Qf4#

Advanced Problem - White To Play

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1.Na6! Bg4+

Pretty much the only way to counter the threat of Nc7#

Not 1...b6?? fails to 2.Bd5#

2.Kc7 Be2

Black is already running out of moves.

3.Bd5 Bxa6

White no longer needs the knight. He's got something else up his sleeve.

4.Bxe4

And now Black is in zugzwang. The bishop has to protect b7, so it can't move. The only move available is
4...h2

5.Bf3 h1=Q

He won't be able to use it.

6.Bxh1 Bb5

The bishop was the only black piece that could legally move.

7.Bxb7#

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.

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