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Advanced Problem - White To Play (1321)

Find the mating lines. How long can Black hold out?

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Dress Pr0n For The 'Ettes:

Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Today’s #ootd is this 1909 dress from Maria Verhaeren of New York. International Women’s Day was first celebrated in New York on Feb 28, 1909. So I like to think that a woman wore this dress at that time. #fashionhistory pic.twitter.com/6n1FnRPFYq

— Lauren Deutsch (@LaurenCDeutsch) March 8, 2020

1911 House of Beer dress, equipped with a cluster of artificial flowers positioned on the chest. I thought I would include a brief biography of House of Beer from the @metmuseum for you to read this afternoon: 'German designer, Gustave Beer offered elegant dresses and 1/4 pic.twitter.com/XuLPWkxbYU

— whatgrandmawore (@whatgrandmawore) April 19, 2020

Just dreaming about Charles James dresses... 1955 evening dress, @museumatFIT, 'Charles James is famous for his ability to “sculpt” with fabric, and his garments are often considered to be works of art. Many fashion historians attribute James’s adept use of elaborate 1/2 pic.twitter.com/GHMTEhagXc

— whatgrandmawore (@whatgrandmawore) April 16, 2020

[I]t's a lovely dress (and it still fits!) , and a fun memory for me...black rayon crepe...with a white satin neckline overlaid with black lace, and bordered with black velvet. I estimate the vintage to be '40's.

Iceland Sweater Girl #1

Iceland Sweater Girl #2

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Problem Solutions

Beginner Problem - Black To Play

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1...Qh2+
2.Kxh2 g1=Q#

or, if you want to use touch of elegance, you can win with an underpromotion: 2...g1=B+ 3.Kh1 Rh2#

Intermediate Problem - White To Play

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1.Rh1+ Bh4
2.Rh3 g3

If 2...gxh3 then 3.g4#

3.Rh2 gxh2
4.g4#

Advanced Problem - White To Play

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It's basically a king hunt, but you can force mate in 5:

1.Qd7+ Kg6

Not 1...Kf8? 2.Qe7+ Kg8 3.Qg7#

2.f5+

At this point,there are 2 mate-in-5 lines, and a mate-in-4:

2...Kh6 3.Qg7+ Kh5 4.Qg5#

or

2...Kh5 3.Qf7+ Kg4 4.Qg6+ Kf4 5.Qg5#

or

2...Qxf5 3.Qg7+ Kh5 4.g4+ Qxg4 5.Qh7#

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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