(I found two main lines, see if you can, too. Or maybe more!)

3Q1bqk/5p1p/2p5/4PN2/1pp5/r6R/P4KP1/8 w - - 0 1

Advanced Problem - White To Play (1405)

You don't have to follow it through to the ultimate mate to get credit, but how would you go about obtaining a winning position?

4BK2/6P1/5k2/8/8/1b6/8/8 w - - 0 1

Dress Pr0n For The 'Ettes

It is hard to see where each element of this #1890s Drecoll dress starts & finishes. The black/white merge into each other between cream bodice & overlay of black chiffon, silk rosettes & swags of contrast. Perhaps it moved like a ribbon of smoke on the wearer @metmuseum pic.twitter.com/A6XaWQwMXx

— Dr Kate Strasdin (@kateStrasdin) August 11, 2021

An elegant appliquéd dress by E. Coguenhem et Cie, Paris, circa 1898. Via @madparisfr. More details: https://t.co/qVDF6HvIYM pic.twitter.com/LCUSZfTMhE

— Ephemeral Elegance (@drapedinhistory) June 17, 2021

Shimmering #iridescence glances across the surface of a shot blue silk. Static as it is, the glow of fabric is enough to imagine just how it might appear on a moving body, a pool of #1950s liquid shifting in the light @GoldsteinMuseum #fashionhistory pic.twitter.com/Sd2GochZ5j

— Dr Kate Strasdin (@kateStrasdin) August 8, 2021

Greetings From Greece

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Problem Solutions

Beginner Problem - Black To Play

3r2k1/ppp1p2p/2nb3P/5rpR/4Np2/1P3P2/P1P2B2/2KR4 b - - 0 1

1...Ba3+
2.Kb1 Rxd1#

Intermediate Problem - White To Play

3Q1bqk/5p1p/2p5/4PN2/1pp5/r6R/P4KP1/8 w - - 0 1

White can force mate in 5 moves. There are two main lines, both of which start out with:

1. Rxh7+

Black has two possible responses. The first one, chosen by my app, is

1...Kxh7

which results in this line:

2.Qh4+ Kg6
3.Qg4+ Kh7
4.Qh5+ Bh6
5.Qxh6#

The second is

1...Qxh7

and this is the line I came up with:

2.Qxf8+ Qg8
3.Qh6+ Qh7
4.Qf6+ Kg8 (or 4...Qg7 5.Qxg7#)
5.Qd8#

Advanced Problem - White To Play

4BK2/6P1/5k2/8/8/1b6/8/8 w - - 0 1

White has two tasks here: 1) safely queen his pawn and 2) pick off Black's bishop. I suppose it's possible to win without actually taking the bishop, but it may take awhile. Anyway, full credit is given if you can get #1 accomplished. And the say to do that is to seize control of the a2-g8 diagonal.

There are a number of possible lines. Here is one of them:

1.Ba4 Be6
2.Bc2 Ke5 (or 2...Ba2 3.Bh7 Bb3 4.Bg8 Bc2 5.Bc4 Bh7 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.g8=Q)
3.Bg6 Kf6
4.Bh7 Ke5
5.Bg8 Bf5
6.Bf7 Bh7
7.Bg6 and wins.

Black's bishop is trapped and will soon be captured.

Hope to see you 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 05:27 PM

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