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4-Year-Old Chess Prodigy vs. Anatoly Karpov

This is amazing to watch. Also humiliating to think that this kid could easily kick my butt.

Advanced Problem - White To Play (366)

How does White bring home the full point? See if you can find the forced mate. It's a ways out.

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Dress Pr0n For the 'Ettes:

Twisted like the emerald foil of a chocolate wrapper, the silk #charmeuse of this mid #1940s evening dress has been manipulated into a gathered bodice with the narrowest of spaghetti straps @AugustaAuction #fashionhistory pic.twitter.com/5SgKVmB7ab

— Dr Kate Strasdin (@kateStrasdin) July 5, 2021

For this week's #MerriweatherMonday retrospective, here are my favorite Marjorie 1950s outfits. 1. 1954-6 lavender taffeta cocktail dress 2. the 1957-8 wedding dress Marjorie wore to marry her 4th husband 3. 1957-60 pink brocaded evening dress 4. 1953-5 cream gown #Fashionhistory pic.twitter.com/TEJjnsKSnn

— Lauren Deutsch (@LaurenCDeutsch) May 24, 2021

This week's #MerriweatherMonday is this 1903 evening dress that Marjorie wore on her 16th birthday. It's made of white spotted tulle on ivory silk taffeta with a stiffened satin lining and decorated with seed pearls, coral beads, and rhinestones. Truly gorgeous. #FashionHistory pic.twitter.com/wSzP8H1EX8

— Lauren Deutsch (@LaurenCDeutsch) March 23, 2021

Greetings From Albania

6 Foot 7

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Problem Solutions

Beginner Problem - White To Play

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White mates in two:

1.Bg5+ Kxg5

If 1...Kh7 then 2.Qg8#

2.Qf4#

Intermediate Problem - White To Play

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It's a forced mate in 4.

1.Bb6+ Qc7

1...Rc7 produces the exact same line.

2.Qxg8+ Bf8
3.Qxf8+ Be8
4.Qxe8#

Advanced Problem - White To Play

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The mate, forced, is 9 moves out. Congrats to those of you who found it:

1.Rxf7 Kxf7
2.Qxh7+ Ke8
3.Qxg6+ Kf8
4.Rf1+ Bf6

(4...Nf6 5.Nxf6 Bxf6 (5...Qxe5 6.Nh7#) 6.Rxf6+ Ke7 7.Qf7#)

5.Nxf6 Nxe5
6.Nh7+ Ke7
7.Qg7+ Nf7

(7...Kd6 8.Bxe5#)

8.Rxf7+ Ke8
9.Nf6#

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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