5r1k/ppp3pp/3bPq2/8/3Pb1PP/2P1BN1K/P4P2/R2Q1R2 b - - 0 1

Advanced Problem - Black To Play (1428 )

This is from a 2013 blitz game between Fabiano Caruana (White) and Magnus Carlsen. Black has a won game from this position. Fill out the mating tree.

2r4k/PR4qp/3p4/P2Bp3/3PPp1b/5R1P/6P1/6K1 b - - 0 1

Dress Pr0n For the 'Ettes:

For #weddingwednesday today we diverge from a traditional white/ivory gown to this 2006 example created by Australian/Japanese designer Akira Isogawa.

Strapless, full length, with asymmetrical panels of embroidered linen with a digitally printed silk georgette lining in 1/3 pic.twitter.com/tJYBz5Cmgp

— whatgrandmawore (@whatgrandmawore) April 14, 2021

There is a quiet authority to this #1820s #redingote, both in its unadulterated lines and its depth of colour. The silk of this period is almost silent with none of the crisp rustle of later decades. She would glide in midnight blue splendour @rijksmuseum #fashionhistory pic.twitter.com/PA9W8WVWjh

— Dr Kate Strasdin (@kateStrasdin) August 27, 2021

Swing Time was released in the USA #OnThisDay in 1936. Ginger Rogers wore this Bernard Newman designed two-tone chocolate and crème crepe Grecian gown in an unused scene in the film. The gown was used as the grand prize in a 1936 magazine contest. @HeritageAuction #film #dress pic.twitter.com/qRu4dJ3A1w

— Victoria Haddock (@vickyhaddock) September 4, 2021

Irish Sweater Girl

Bonus Victorian-Era Shoe Pr0n:

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Problem Solutions

Beginner Problem - Black To Play

k1r5/pp6/b7/Q2P4/4qppP/2P5/PP2rPPB/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1

1...Rxf2!
2.Kxf2

Pretty much forced.

If 2.Qxa6 then Qxg2#.

2...Qe3#

Intermediate Problem - Black To Play

5r1k/ppp3pp/3bPq2/8/3Pb1PP/2P1BN1K/P4P2/R2Q1R2 b - - 0 1

1...Qxf3+
2.Qxf3 Rxf3+
3.Kg2 Rg3+
4.Kh2 Rg2+
5.Kh1

(5.Kh3? Rh2#)

5...Rh2+
6.Kg1 Rh1#

Advanced Problem - Black To Play (1428)

2r4k/PR4qp/3p4/P2Bp3/3PPp1b/5R1P/6P1/6K1 b - - 0 1

1...Rc1+
2.Rf1

(2.Kh2 Bg3+ 3.Rxg3 Qxg3#)

2... Bf2+
3. Kxf2

(3.Kh2 Qg3+ 4.Kh1 Rxf1#)

3...Rc2+
4.Ke1

(4.Kf3 Qg3#)

or

(4. Kg1 Qxg2#)

4...Qg3+
5.Kd1 Qd3+
6.Ke1 Re2#

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 05:30 PM

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