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Dress Pr0n For The 'Ettes:

#MuseumAlphabet
This velvet dress was worn by #AvaGardner in her role as Pauline, a gambling addict, in #TheGreatSinner (1949), her first of 3 films with #GregoryPeck and her 2nd film with director #RobertSiodmack. #MuseumFromHome #TCMParty #VisitJoCo pic.twitter.com/yv5TABA8Xs

— Ava Gardner (@AvaMuseum) June 16, 2020

Audrey Hepburn wore this Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche empire-line cotton gown with a blue velvet ribbon sash for her son Luca Dotti's christening in Rome in 1970. The dress was sold by @KerryTaylorAuct in 2009. #AudreyHepburn #dress #YvesSaintLaurent #fashionhistory pic.twitter.com/4HskOIp7pq

— Victoria Haddock (@vickyhaddock) July 4, 2020

Princess Beatrice of York

Princess Eugenie of York

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Problem Solutions

Beginner Problem - White To Play

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1.Rb8+ Bxb8
2.Qd8+ Qe8
3.Qxe8#

That's the one most everybody sees. But there's also this one.

1...Qe8
2.Rxe8+ Bf8
3.Rxf8#

It's hard to think about throwing your queen away first thing.

Intermediate Problem - White To Play

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1.Bh5+ Kh8
2.Bf7 Qg5

If 2...Qxh4 then 3.Rg8+ Rxg8 4.Rxg8#

3.Qxg5 Rxf7
4.Qg8+ Rxg8
5.Rxg8#

or 4.Qxd8+ Rf8 5. Qxf8#

Advanced Problem - Black To Play

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There may be more lines than these, but they all kind of look similar:

1...Ra1+
2.Rxa1 Qg5+
3.Nf4 Qxf4+
4.Kb1 Nd2+

(and this is where it starts looking smothered)

5.Kc1 Nb3+
6.Kb1 Qc1+
7.Rxc1 Nd2+
8.Ka2

...and White escapes being smothered, but to no avail:

8...Ra8+
9.Qa6 Rxa6#

Here is the line based on the white king going to the other escape square on the third move:

3.Kb1 Nd2+
4.Kc1 Nb3+
5.Kb1 Qc1+
6.Rxc1 Nd2+
7.Ka2 Ra8+
8.Qa4 Rxa4#

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 05:23 PM

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