Chess Thread 05-26-2018

So Who Are These Famous, Old-Time Chess Players?
(No fair running a Google or Bing search on this image!)

Pic Note:

I see that the artist got the board wrong. Why does everyone make that mistake?

Easier Problem - White To Play (Bain 179)

Hint: Double check is the key to victory

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You Had One Job:

(This photo was snapped in East Lansing by hogmartin, who wonders "Am I supposed to play the f'ng tree?")

More Challenging Problem - White To Play (673)

Can White stave off defeat? If so, how?

Hint: First take care of one pawn, then the other

5N1K/1p6/8/6p1/8/8/8/2k5 w - - 0 1

Dress Pr0n For the 'Ettes:

Egypt, 1960s.#BeforeShariaSpoiledEverything pic.twitter.com/ybdWMjNINv
— Islamism Map (@IslamismMap) January 25, 2018

I wanted to cut out everything in this photo except the girl, but I just couldn't get it to look right. Plus, that ginger beard is completely awesome, so I had to leave the husband in. And the kid is cute, too, so yeah, he stays. The larger version looks way better, which you can see if you click on the pic.

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Solutions Update

Easier Problem - White To Play

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1. Bg5+!

No, not 1. Bb4+ Ke8 and the win has slipped away. The bishop is poorly posted on the b4 square.

1...Ke8
2. Rd8#

Boom.

More Challenging Problem - White To Play

5N1K/1p6/8/6p1/8/8/8/2k5 w - - 0 1

I hope you call saw that White's only strategic goal is to see if he can force a draw. He can't win with just a knight. But perhaps he can capture one of the pawns and then trade his knight for the other.

1.Nh7 g4
2.Nf6 g3
3.Nh5 g2
4.Nf4 g1=Q
5.Ne2+ Kd2
6.Nxg1 Ke3

Phase 1 is now completed. Now for the other pawn:

7.Nh3 b5
8.Ng5 b4
9.Nf7!

This move doesn't look right, but it is the correct one. Wrong is 9.Ne6 b3 10.Nc5 b2 and White cannot stop the pawn.

9...b3
10.Nd6 Kd3

Not 10...b2? because of 11.Nc4+ and the knight fork secures the draw.

11.Nb5 b2
12.Na3 and White can forever shuffle his knight between the a3, b1, and c3 squares, keeping away from the Black king and either blocking the b1 queening square ot trading knight for queen if Black succeeds in pushing his pawn.

Black can try to stop the knight fork by underpromoting:

4...g1=N

But White can then bring his king into the game:

5.Kg7 b5
6.Nd5 Kc2
7.Kf6 Ne2
8.Ke5 Nc3
9.Nb4+ Kb3
10.Nc6 Ka4
11.Kd4 Nd1
12.Kc5 Nf2
13.Kd4 Ng4
14.Kd3 Nf6
15.Kd4 Nd7

Enroute to b8 to attempt to dislodge the knight.

16.Kc3

And Black can make no progress.

But let's say that Black sees the writing on the wall early on and thinks "screw this, I'm going to push the other pawn." Here is what will happen:

2...b5
3.Nxg4 b4
4.Kh7 Kd2
5.Ne5 b3
6.Nc4+ Kc3
7.Na3 Kb2
8.Nc4+ Kc2
9.Na3+ Kc3
10.Kg6 Kb4
11.Nb1 b2
12.Kg7 Kb3
13.Kh7 Kc2
14.Na3+

And Black is stuck.

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 past 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 05:05 PM

Comments

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1 Here we go...

Posted by: HH at May 26, 2018 04:57 PM (mIJBI)

2 It's Peter Lorre and Time Traveling Geoffrey Rush.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2018 04:57 PM (qJtVm)

3 Melania Trump is 5'-11".

Posted by: BourbonChicken at May 26, 2018 04:58 PM (rnAwa)

4 Melania Trump is 5'-11".
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Our tallest First Lady after Barack Obama.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2018 04:59 PM (qJtVm)

5
Melania Trump is 5'-11".

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Our tallest First Lady after Barack Obama.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2018 04:59 PM (qJtVm)

heh

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 26, 2018 05:00 PM (ptqGC)

6 2 It's Peter Lorre and Time Traveling Geoffrey Rush.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2018 04:57 PM (qJtVm)

Yeah, they were part of a vocal group in the 50s. Not known to be chess players, though.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 05:00 PM (ITfBP)

7 It's a damned shame Melania doesn't have toned arms.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 26, 2018 05:01 PM (ptqGC)

8 That optic green/ yellow would drive me crazy

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2018 05:01 PM (aC6Sd)

9 Thank you OM.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 26, 2018 05:01 PM (hyuyC)

10 And I'll admit the guy on the right does kind of have that shifty, slimy Peter Lorre vibe about him.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 05:02 PM (ITfBP)

11 7 It's a damned shame Melania doesn't have toned arms.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 26, 2018 05:01 PM (ptqGC)

Transformative arms.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 05:02 PM (ITfBP)

12 Problem 1.

1. Bg5+ Ke8
2. Rd8#

Posted by: Off the reservation at May 26, 2018 05:04 PM (vWMNq)

13 Oscar Levant is the player on the right? Just a hunch...

Posted by: Bruce Strang at May 26, 2018 05:05 PM (eAHdZ)

14 1st problem:

g5 + & discovered +. K-e1
r-d8 # checkmate

2nd problem
tips over white king
goes to next game

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 26, 2018 05:05 PM (hyuyC)

15 That looks like one long game considering all the butts layin round.

Torpedoes no doubt!

Kasparov on the right?
What do i know.

Posted by: Loneranger at May 26, 2018 05:05 PM (n8kwn)

16 Yeah I see there is no escape in problem #1

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2018 05:08 PM (aC6Sd)

17 Hey everybody. Mind if I make this the Chess and *Food* thread?

I just tried the Taco Bell Wild Chicken Chalupa. It's good but I did NOT realize... the chicken *is* the taco shell.

Tasty, but the thing even *looks* like a heart attack...

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2018 05:08 PM (eMKNe)

18 (This photo was snapped in East Lansing by hogmartin, who wonders "Am I supposed to play the f'ng tree?")
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I play for keeps, hairless ape!

Posted by: The Triffid at May 26, 2018 05:10 PM (qJtVm)

19 The Wookie looked like she was 6-9 but maybe that was because standing next to Jug Ears everyone looks taller.

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2018 05:10 PM (aC6Sd)

20 *Back to "The Puppet Masters"*

Posted by: The Triffid at May 26, 2018 05:11 PM (qJtVm)

21 Why have I never heard of Metalocalypse before today? Funny af.

Posted by: Pickles at May 26, 2018 05:11 PM (nAjD1)

22 Those guys? Roger Stone and Sal Mineo.

Posted by: Lunchonette at May 26, 2018 05:11 PM (a1s18)

23 I'm guessing Lasker smoking and Capablanca leaning over the board.

Posted by: fluffy at May 26, 2018 05:13 PM (cHbmY)

24 I see that the artist got the board wrong. Why does everyone make that mistake?

What? You don't expect us to get it right even half the time do you? - Artists, everywhere

Posted by: tbodie at May 26, 2018 05:13 PM (cd/X8)

25 Kasparov on the right?
What do i know.
Posted by: Loneranger at May 26, 2018 05:05 PM (n8kwn)

The drawing was done in 1909, which is a little before Garry's time.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 05:14 PM (ITfBP)

26 I don't think I ever played a chess game with the clock, not really sure how it works other than if you go over time allowed before opponent you lose no matter the position, right?

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2018 05:14 PM (aC6Sd)

27 Tall guy is on his sixth cigar.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 26, 2018 05:14 PM (fuK7c)

28 13 Oscar Levant is the player on the right? Just a hunch...
Posted by: Bruce Strang at May 26, 2018 05:05 PM (eAHdZ)

No, sorry.

And, not that it matters, but I have never heard of Oscar Levant.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 05:15 PM (ITfBP)

29 Problem 2.

First two moves should be:

1. Ne6 g4
2. Nd4 ...

Now pawn on b7 is stopped and pawn on g4 cannot move because of the fork on e2 so next move will be black K. If *not* g4 then Nxg5 and white gets his N to c3 in 2 moves.

I'm going to have to work for a bit now ...

Posted by: Off the reservation at May 26, 2018 05:15 PM (vWMNq)

30 Is the one on the right young King Farukh?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2018 05:16 PM (qJtVm)

31 The guy on the left looks like Oscar Wilde....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 26, 2018 05:16 PM (wYseH)

32 And, not that it matters, but I have never heard of Oscar Levant.

The Levant is the area of the Mediterranean which is comprised mostly of Lebanon. An Oscar is an aquarium fish.

So Oscar Levant would be Beirut Sushi.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 26, 2018 05:17 PM (fuK7c)

33 >>> The drawing was done in 1909, which is a little before Garry's time.

I think that's before Capablanca, too. He would have been a youngster.

Posted by: fluffy at May 26, 2018 05:17 PM (cHbmY)

34 Home!!!
I am home.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 26, 2018 05:17 PM (MzU3W)

35 Re the drawing: pretty sure the guy on the right is Capablanca.

My only guess for the guy on the left: Lyle Lovett. :-P

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2018 05:18 PM (eMKNe)

36 26 I don't think I ever played a chess game with the clock, not really sure how it works other than if you go over time allowed before opponent you lose no matter the position, right?
Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2018 05:14 PM (aC6Sd)

Right. Generally, you're given 'x' amount of time to make 'y' number of moves. When it's your move, your clock is running. When you complete your move, you push the button on your side of the clock which stops your clock and starts you're opponent's clock.

Sometime, the entire game must be finished in 'y' minutes. That's the other major time control that gets used.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 05:18 PM (ITfBP)

37 fluffy, Capablanca was 21 in 1909.
Not sure if he was a wunderkind or not.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2018 05:18 PM (eMKNe)

38 Oscar Levanti, old movie piano player.

Posted by: Lunchonette at May 26, 2018 05:19 PM (a1s18)

39 How does Melania Trump manage to walk in those heels. Sure they look great and they make her legs look awesome. And I appreciate the effort but how does she do it?
Better those questions than how does Hillary manage with that cyborg attachment on her back?

Posted by: Northernlurker lighter less filing at May 26, 2018 05:20 PM (eAMlh)

40 Turns out Capablanca was a wunderkind, he first gained notice in 1901 it looks like.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos�_Ra�l_Capablanca

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2018 05:20 PM (eMKNe)

41 First two moves should be:
1. Ne6 g4
2. Nd4 ...
Posted by: Off the reservation at May 26, 2018 05:15 PM (vWMNq)

That's not my solution. Doesn't mean it's wrong, I'll have to look at it.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 05:20 PM (ITfBP)

42 Let's try this one:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Raul_Capablanca

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2018 05:20 PM (eMKNe)

43 Whoever first said 'Capablanca' for the guy on the right can come up to the window and collect your winnings.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 05:22 PM (ITfBP)

44 Capablanca is guy on the right, I think.

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2018 05:22 PM (aC6Sd)

45
Hey! Here's a fashion tip for all the Ladies!

Buy Ivanka Trump's clothing line.

Lately, the exquisite and fashionable Mrs naturalfake had been wearing some new and just great looking blouses and dresses and so forth.

It turns out that they're all from Ivanka Trump's line, and all 70% off or more.

She was laughing about it telling me that there must be some people politically refusing to buy her line, but that her clothes are great. Excellent fabrics, great tailoring,and stylish.

She said every time she sees them on sale she buys because the price is fabuloso.

And, of course, it's nice to support Trump indirectly.

Anyway, if it's happening around here. It's probably happening where you live.

Give them a try.

You can be both classy and thrifty.

and give a surreptitious poke in the eye to the Dims and NeverTrumpers.

Such a bargain.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 26, 2018 05:22 PM (9q7Dl)

46 So who is Capablanca playing?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2018 05:22 PM (qJtVm)

47 He didn't become chess champion until 1927

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2018 05:23 PM (aC6Sd)

48 Not sure if he was a wunderkind or not.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2018 05:18 PM (eMKNe)

Capa learned to play chess prior to age 5 by watching his father and uncle play. So that makes him a bit of a wunderkind, I'd say.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 05:23 PM (ITfBP)

49 Again...what do i know?
Not much.

Posted by: Loneranger at May 26, 2018 05:23 PM (n8kwn)

50 23 I'm guessing Lasker smoking and Capablanca leaning over the board.

Posted by: fluffy at May 26, 2018 05:13 PM (cHbmY)

One of these is correct.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 05:24 PM (ITfBP)

51 I looked it up, and it was a lot harder to find than I thought it would be, and not being a chess nut, I had no idea who either guy was anyway. The one who posted "Capablanca" was correct for the guy on the right.

Posted by: MW at May 26, 2018 05:24 PM (wNx6K)

52 >>> Whoever first said 'Capablanca' for the guy on the right can come up to the window and collect your winnings.

Woo hoo! Ampersands for life &&&&

I think I know who the cigar smoker is, but I asked the Internet.

Posted by: fluffy at May 26, 2018 05:25 PM (cHbmY)

53 The drawing looks like a New Yorker cartoon, except they didn't start publishing until 1925.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 26, 2018 05:27 PM (fuK7c)

54 That tree is relentless.

Posted by: hogmartin at May 26, 2018 05:27 PM (fZuhk)

55 I see that the artist got the board wrong. Why does everyone make that mistake?
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Arty types are known to be Liberals, so, it follows that they would get it wrong.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 26, 2018 05:27 PM (c/EDo)

56 Oscar Levant's cynical piano player was the best thing about Humoresque:

Sid Jeffers: [regarding Helen Wright] She was born with a silver flask in her mouth.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2018 05:28 PM (qJtVm)

57 53 The drawing looks like a New Yorker cartoon, except they didn't start publishing until 1925.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 26, 2018 05:27 PM (fuK7c)

The drawing is from 1909. Which is actually a hint at the identity of the players.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 05:28 PM (ITfBP)

58

I am marched out. Totally enjoyable day, but real tiring. Now comes the part where you get to eat and mingle.

Plus drink.

We had a shower earlier, it's SO humid that the water literally FELL out of the air. No breeze and I'm not certain the humidity level dropped but a fraction. Feels odd.

Posted by: irongrampa at May 26, 2018 05:28 PM (S/hVx)

59 That tree is relentless.
Posted by: hogmartin
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It's bark is worse than it's bite.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 26, 2018 05:29 PM (cp1if)

60 Problem 1:

1. Bg5+ Ke1
2. Rd8#

The first move is a double check, so the king must move.

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2018 05:29 PM (sdi6R)

61 Well don't know what can be for supper except a big salad so I'm going to go start there.

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2018 05:29 PM (aC6Sd)

62
The drawing is from 1909. Which is actually a hint at the identity of the players.
Posted by: OregonMuse
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The old guy is Vic?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 26, 2018 05:30 PM (cp1if)

63 It looks like Oscar Wilde is going to grab the little fellow's bishop.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 26, 2018 05:30 PM (oVJmc)

64 It's bark is worse than it's bite.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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'Its', before the grammar Nazis take me away.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 26, 2018 05:31 PM (cp1if)

65 Siegbert Tarrasch

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2018 05:32 PM (aC6Sd)

66 That green table makes no sense, not just from the board pattern orientation. Can anyone tell me where the post meets the top? Unless this is an Escher original...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Penitent Cylon at May 26, 2018 05:32 PM (lLeln)

67 63 It looks like Oscar Wilde is going to grab the little fellow's bishop.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at May 26, 2018 05:30 PM (oVJmc)

Which is what got him arrested and sent to gaol, I believe.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 05:32 PM (ITfBP)

68 I was going to say the guy on the right is Capablanca, but I see others have already said that. I don't know who the guy on the left is. I'd have to look up who Capablanca played in 1909 or thereabouts.

The clock seems to have too many numbers on it.

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2018 05:32 PM (sdi6R)

69 >>> That tree is relentless.

Pfft! Just another wood pusher.

Posted by: fluffy at May 26, 2018 05:33 PM (cHbmY)

70 I wanted to cut out everything in this photo except the girl, but I just couldn't get it to look right. Plus, that ginger beard is completely awesome, so I had to leave it in. The larger version looks better, which you can see if you click on it.

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There is something weird in that pic anyway. If you look in between the couple, just above the wooden rail, there is a flesh colored something extending between them. Is it the gal's arm? If so, it should be sleeved. Plus, it is perfectly straight. The only way I can make it out to be her arm is if she has her elbow in his ribs, with her hand behind her own back. But, still should have a sleeve on that arm, plus why would she pose with her elbow in his ribs? The arm should go the other way, with her hand on him.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 26, 2018 05:33 PM (pvjTE)

71 That green table makes no sense, not just from the board pattern orientation. Can anyone tell me where the post meets the top? Unless this is an Escher original...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, Penitent Cylon at May 26, 2018 05:32 PM (lLeln)

The play field is stainless steel, not glass. You're seeing a reflection of the brick on the building behind me, not the mulch around the tree.

Posted by: hogmartin at May 26, 2018 05:34 PM (fZuhk)

72 Game Thread, right?

So Battlefield 5 is an SJW trainwreck and looks to be the next culture war in the ongoing battle of the neckbeards vs the SJWs.

#NotMyBattlefield

Featured heavily in the game trailer supposedly set in WWII is a diverse group of gorilla fighters led by a face painted red headed woman with some kind of robotic arm. I'm not fucking kidding. It's like a parody. But it's real.

Posted by: Max Power at May 26, 2018 05:34 PM (QCc6B)

73 65 Siegbert Tarrasch
Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2018 05:32 PM (aC6Sd)

No.

So, here is what you guys know so far:

1. The guy on the right is Capablanca
2. The drawing is from 1909.

That should be enough to establish the identity of the other player.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 05:34 PM (ITfBP)

74 54 That tree is relentless.

Posted by: hogmartin at May 26, 2018 05:27 PM (fZuhk)

++++

I take it the table was bolted down so you couldn't just rotate it?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 26, 2018 05:36 PM (pvjTE)

75 I did an image search on "chess player cigar" and found the guy on the left. I took a guess at the guy on the right and looked for a cartoon of them, and found it. And yes according to wikipedia, it was 1909.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 26, 2018 05:36 PM (/qEW2)

76 The play field is stainless steel, not glass. You're seeing a reflection of the brick on the building behind me, not the mulch around the tree.
Posted by: hogmartin

Ah. The reflection lines up so well with the ground features I thought it was transparent!

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Penitent Cylon at May 26, 2018 05:36 PM (lLeln)

77 The guy on the right is the Kip's Big Boy, the later years.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 26, 2018 05:36 PM (9q7Dl)

78 That should be enough to establish the identity of the other player.
Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 05:34 PM (ITfBP)

Is it The Sicilian?

Posted by: hogmartin at May 26, 2018 05:36 PM (fZuhk)

79 >>> Is it The Sicilian?

Inconceivable!

Posted by: fluffy at May 26, 2018 05:37 PM (cHbmY)

80 2. The drawing is from 1909.
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An insouciantly coiffed H.P. Lovecraft?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2018 05:38 PM (qJtVm)

81 75 I did an image search on "chess player cigar" and found the guy on the left. I took a guess at the guy on the right and looked for a cartoon of them, and found it. And yes according to wikipedia, it was 1909.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 26, 2018 05:36 PM (/qEW2)

++++

A Tin Eye search is quicker. Only 3 hits, but one of them gives it away with the pic's file name.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 26, 2018 05:39 PM (pvjTE)

82 I keep seeing the name Capablanca as Casablanca and then I wonder when I wandered into the movie thread.

Posted by: Northernlurker lighter less filing at May 26, 2018 05:40 PM (eAMlh)

83 Solo is an absolute dumpster fire.
How bad is it well...
...Han Solo isn't!!!
Think about how fucking stupid that is.

Posted by: Kreplach at May 26, 2018 05:40 PM (UfMVm)

84 It's Lyle Lovitt and Jon Lovitz.

Doncha just love it?

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at May 26, 2018 05:40 PM (IeDO8)

85 I take it the table was bolted down so you couldn't just rotate it?
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 26, 2018 05:36 PM (pvjTE)

You assume correctly.

The reflection is also because that was the ONE angle where the glare from an overcast sky didn't wash out the shiny stainless board; playing in anything but heavy overcast would be impossible.* It's a lovely table suitable for any purpose except playing chess. It's here if you want to visit:
https://goo.gl/maps/7bgj3G3v8mD2

* luckily, heavy overcast is our business in mid-Michigan

Posted by: hogmartin at May 26, 2018 05:41 PM (fZuhk)

86 Chess Thread Hooray!

3rd pic....dress on the right.

Yup, that come hither look.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 26, 2018 05:41 PM (EoRCO)

87 OK, I searched Capablanca's games in 1909 and figured out that it's Frank Marshall. Looking him up on Wiki confirmed it.

But I didn't Google or Bing search the image!

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2018 05:43 PM (sdi6R)

88 It's a lovely table suitable for any purpose except playing chess. It's here if you want to visit:
https://goo.gl/maps/7bgj3G3v8mD2

* luckily, heavy overcast is our business in mid-Michigan
Posted by: hogmartin at May 26, 2018 05:41 PM (fZuhk)
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I'm more interested in Insomniac Cookies, which makes late night deliveries. Genius!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2018 05:44 PM (qJtVm)

89 The cigar-smoking gentleman in the drawing reminds me of Geoffrey Rush. Who, I understand, is ailing.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at May 26, 2018 05:44 PM (Mkuv2)

90 A plan, a department store, an archipelago.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 26, 2018 05:44 PM (/qEW2)

91 Marshall!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2018 05:45 PM (qJtVm)

92 >>> I'm more interested in Insomniac Cookies, which makes late night deliveries. Genius!

You're having a fling with one of our prolific commenters?

Posted by: fluffy at May 26, 2018 05:46 PM (cHbmY)

93 The first move is a double check, so the king must move.
Posted by: rickl
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“Even the laziest King flees wildly in the face of a double check!”

Posted by: Aaron Nimzowitsch at May 26, 2018 05:46 PM (Zdm89)

94 I haven't seen any pictures of the First Lady since her hospital stay

Posted by: NCKate at May 26, 2018 05:46 PM (B6tS5)

95 Melania could make a burlap sack look good. She just has "it".
Something the Mooch completely lacks.

Posted by: random ~~lurker~~ commenter at May 26, 2018 05:47 PM (oLa9K)

96 I'm more interested in Insomniac Cookies, which makes late night deliveries. Genius!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2018 05:44 PM (qJtVm)

Late-night cookie delivery, across the street from campus: for when your after-bar food needs frosting and sprinkles on it.

Posted by: hogmartin at May 26, 2018 05:47 PM (fZuhk)

97 29 Problem 2.
First two moves should be:
1. Ne6 g4
2. Nd4 ...
Now pawn on b7 is stopped and pawn on g4 cannot move because of the fork on e2 so next move will be black K. If *not* g4 then Nxg5 and white gets his N to c3 in 2 moves.
Posted by: Off the reservation at May 26, 2018 05:15 PM (vWMN

Black will push his king to d2, spoiling the fork and threatening Kd3 attacking the knight.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 05:49 PM (ITfBP)

98 Melania could make a burlap sack look good. She just has "it".
Something the Mooch completely lacks.
Posted by: random ~~lurker~~ commenter at May 26, 2018 05:47 PM (oLa9K)

There is a certain je ne sais quoi about being able to crush a man's skull like a walnut while unhinging her jaws though, non?

Posted by: hogmartin at May 26, 2018 05:49 PM (fZuhk)

99 87 OK, I searched Capablanca's games in 1909 and figured out that it's Frank Marshall. Looking him up on Wiki confirmed it.
But I didn't Google or Bing search the image!
Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2018 05:43 PM (sdi6R)

Good for you. Yes, the drawing is of the famous Marshall-Capablanca match of 1909.

The particular game is the one they declared illegal because the board was set up wrong.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 05:52 PM (ITfBP)

100 The first move is a double check, so the king must move.

"Bowels no move."

Posted by: t-bird at May 26, 2018 05:53 PM (QxXRY)

101 Was sketching chess matches common back then? Is it supposed to be like a courtroom sketch, or a caricature?

Posted by: hogmartin at May 26, 2018 05:54 PM (fZuhk)

102 Does anyone have any recommendations for a good chess program for the Mac?

I finally found two programs at Amazon, HIARCS and ChessKing, but unfortunately they're a little costly.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2018 05:54 PM (eMKNe)

103 Marshall and Capablanca played a match in 1909. So maybe the next challenge is to figure out which game is depicted in the drawing. But the artist couldn't even get the board right, so he may have just scattered the pieces randomly for all we know.

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2018 05:54 PM (sdi6R)

104 "I see that the artist got the board wrong. Why does everyone make that mistake?"

Mistake? It worked, mate. They should have designed the board correctly. - The Artist

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at May 26, 2018 05:55 PM (9BLnV)

105 Dress Pr0n For the 'Ettes:

Yes, definitely for the 'ettes, let's go with that.

Posted by: t-bird at May 26, 2018 05:56 PM (cp1if)

106 Is the couple with the kid part of some Renaissance Festival.

I usually don't like flowered dresses, but I like the one Melania is wearing. Nice colors. I couldn't wear it, but it looks great on her! And as for the heels it looks like she's walking on a smaller version of silts. Looks uncomfortable-those stilleto heels.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2018 05:57 PM (vw6r3)

107 Does anyone have any recommendations for a good chess program for the Mac?
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2018 05:54 PM (eMKNe)

What's "good"? You can play vs. the computer with the chess.com site or the app, and the gnuchess front-end at /Applications/Chess.app will be better than I am for the foreseeable future. It doesn't have a decent FEN parser or a position setup that I can find, but it's fine for just having a computer beat me.

Any particular features you're looking for?

Posted by: hogmartin at May 26, 2018 05:58 PM (fZuhk)

108 Make that "stilts".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2018 05:59 PM (vw6r3)

109 Mark Twain, although that isn't his real name?

Posted by: Carpe Manana at May 26, 2018 06:00 PM (6+W54)

110 As to the hippie family: the girl is lovely, the kid is adorable and the guy made me think back to when my beard and hair wasn't white. (It's been a while.)

The woman on the street with the flying saucer chapeau: what holds the hat on? Is there a hat pin through her head?

Posted by: JTB at May 26, 2018 06:01 PM (V+03K)

111 hogmartin, thanks.

Re features, honestly I loved Chessmate by Gary Kasparov, back when that was available. It ran well, had tons of features, and you could play both the computer or others online. I'd go for a program or site that has all of those features.

The mac comes with a chess game but the graphics are pathetic and it won't even allow you to castle. You get what you pay for I guess.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2018 06:01 PM (eMKNe)

112 Melania could make a burlap sack look good. She just has "it".
Something the Mooch completely lacks.
Posted by: random lurker commenter at May 26, 2018 05:47 PM (oLa9K)

Oh, Mooch has "it", alright. I just don't want it.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at May 26, 2018 06:02 PM (9BLnV)

113 102 Does anyone have any recommendations for a good chess program for the Mac?

I finally found two programs at Amazon, HIARCS and ChessKing, but unfortunately they're a little costly.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2018 05:54 PM (eMKNe)

My older Mac came with Chess, which is a no-frills program that kicks my ass. Some years ago I downloaded Sigma Chess 6.1, which is pretty versatile. It enables me to set up and analyze positions and the FEN notation works with it. It also kicks my ass.

I'm still running OS 10.6.8, so I don't know what the options are for newer versions.

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2018 06:04 PM (sdi6R)

114 The mac comes with a chess game but the graphics are pathetic and it won't even allow you to castle. You get what you pay for I guess.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2018 06:01 PM (eMKNe)

??

Sure you can. I just did to make sure I wasn't going nuts. What version are you running?

Posted by: hogmartin at May 26, 2018 06:06 PM (fZuhk)

115 >>> Is the couple with the kid part of some Renaissance Festival.

I'm thinking they are Swedes dressed for mid-summer day.

Posted by: fluffy at May 26, 2018 06:08 PM (cHbmY)

116 I'm sorry that women don't wear hats anymore. The only place you see hats is at something like the royal wedding or on Sunday services at predominantly African American churches.

I used to wear hats a lot-because the sun bothers me and I like hats. Then the local head of the denomination saw me on the boardwalk at our yearly meeting and said, "There's_____ the hat lady!!" I was afraid after that if I were wearing a hat and tried to sneak out of the meeting to go out on the boardwalk for some air he'd know that I had left the meeting. Now I still wear hats sometimes-just not at our meetings!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2018 06:08 PM (vw6r3)

117 qdpsteve, launch the App Store and search for 'stockfish'. If your Mac can run it, install it (it's free).

If that's not a strong enough engine for you... man, I just don't know what to say.

Posted by: hogmartin at May 26, 2018 06:09 PM (fZuhk)

118 Holy moly, those are tall heels.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 26, 2018 06:11 PM (yQpMk)

119 I'm thinking they are Swedes dressed for mid-summer day.Posted by: fluffy at May 26, 2018 06:08 PM (cHbmY)

LOL. I guess they're the Swedes who haven't yet forced the women into hijabs or burkhas. :^(

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2018 06:11 PM (vw6r3)

120 Melania Trump makes the last one pale in comparison.

Posted by: Eromero at May 26, 2018 06:12 PM (zLDYs)

121 Generation "Disabled"

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/297791/

Posted by: steevy at May 26, 2018 06:12 PM (LiyEm)

122 Melania is something else.

Wow.

Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at May 26, 2018 06:13 PM (WEBkv)

123 Late-night cookie delivery, across the street from campus: for when your after-bar food needs frosting and sprinkles on it.
Posted by: hogmartin at May 26, 2018 05:47 PM (fZuhk)

https://youtu.be/2c0SsG_YAG0?t=336

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 26, 2018 06:13 PM (/qEW2)

124 111 hogmartin, thanks.

Re features, honestly I loved Chessmate by Gary Kasparov, back when that was available. It ran well, had tons of features, and you could play both the computer or others online. I'd go for a program or site that has all of those features.

The mac comes with a chess game but the graphics are pathetic and it won't even allow you to castle. You get what you pay for I guess.

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2018 06:01 PM (eMKNe)

++++

Looks like you can still get it. Roughly $35 for new, even less for used.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0000VLYXQ/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 26, 2018 06:13 PM (pvjTE)

125 Chess thread or book thread, which one or both?...Has anyome read Pieces of Eight?

Posted by: Russkilitlover at May 26, 2018 06:14 PM (99Nt9)

126 Why have I never heard of Metalocalypse before today? Funny af.
One of my favorite series.

Adult Swim has had a handful of gems. It's a real shame Brendon Small wasn't allowed to finish it - even after crowd sourcing some insane amount. [AS] told them to go pound sand, but kept the rights to the franchise. These networks apparently love sticking their finger in the eye of the creative minds that gave them so much money.

Posted by: clutch cargo at May 26, 2018 06:15 PM (RHEDC)

127 Can you just unscrew the shiny game board and rotate it 90 degrees? It looks like it's held on with four screws.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 26, 2018 06:15 PM (yQpMk)

128 We don't get a new thread until mystery man is identified

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2018 06:15 PM (aC6Sd)

129 115
I'm thinking they are Swedes dressed for mid-summer day.
Posted by: fluffy at May 26, 2018 06:08 PM (cHbmY)

That sounds like a good guess. The photo looks too modern to be of 1960s hippies.

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2018 06:16 PM (sdi6R)

130 Doesn't everyone care a multitool for just such needs?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 26, 2018 06:16 PM (yQpMk)

131 As to the hippie family: the girl is lovely, the kid is adorable and the guy made me think back to when my beard and hair wasn't white. (It's been a while.)

Posted by: JTB at May 26, 2018 06:01 PM (V+03K)

Hippies!? Better stay away from Palpatine for awhile, JTB, lest you find yourself in a saber duel or something. That is traditional Slavic costume, I'm pretty sure, though not sure exactly which country.

Posted by: Grey Fox at May 26, 2018 06:17 PM (bZ7mE)

132 Can you just unscrew the shiny game board and rotate it 90 degrees? It looks like it's held on with four screws.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 26, 2018 06:15 PM (yQpMk)

Just use a green vinyl club board, honestly, you have to bring your own pieces anyway.

Posted by: hogmartin at May 26, 2018 06:18 PM (fZuhk)

133 127 Can you just unscrew the shiny game board and rotate it 90 degrees? It looks like it's held on with four screws.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 26, 2018 06:15 PM (yQpMk)

++++

Judging by the quality of the craftsmanship, I doubt the screw holes are precisely symmetrical. Meaning that if you rotated it, all 4 holes might not line up anymore. Worth a shot though.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 26, 2018 06:19 PM (pvjTE)

134 In the lede photograph, is the guy one the left known for "playing the man," with the guy on the right known for hyperfocus on only the game.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 26, 2018 06:22 PM (pV/54)

135 I used to wear hats a lot-because the sun bothers me and I like hats. Then the local head of the denomination saw me on the boardwalk at our yearly meeting and said, "There's_____ the hat lady!!" I was afraid after that if I were wearing a hat and tried to sneak out of the meeting to go out on the boardwalk for some air he'd know that I had left the meeting. Now I still wear hats sometimes-just not at our meetings!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 26, 2018 06:08 PM (vw6r3)

Get all the women to wear hats. Tell them it's to obey that 1 Corinthians passage about the head coverings. Then you won't stand out so much if you want to ditch the meeting.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 26, 2018 06:23 PM (/qEW2)

136 I meant lede drawing.

And can't you just pick up the chess table and turn it 90.

Posted by: Ignoramus at May 26, 2018 06:24 PM (pV/54)

137 Durward Kirby? Mister Green Jeans?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 26, 2018 06:25 PM (IqV8l)

138
I hate the Sun. But I don't like wearing hats.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at May 26, 2018 06:25 PM (e5LQi)

139 Doesn't everyone care a multitool for just such needs?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 26, 2018 06:16 PM (yQpMk)

Multitool! Multitool!

Posted by: Leeloo Corbin at May 26, 2018 06:25 PM (2K6fY)

140

I hate the Outside.

Also, I miss Winter.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at May 26, 2018 06:26 PM (e5LQi)

141 140

I hate the Outside.

Also, I miss Winter.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at May 26, 2018 06:26 PM (e5LQi)

Buy yourself some of that spray on fake snow and use it on your windows. Then, just stay in the house. Easy peasey.

Posted by: random ~~lurker~~ commenter at May 26, 2018 06:28 PM (oLa9K)

142 138
I hate the Sun. But I don't like wearing hats.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at May 26, 2018 06:25 PM (e5LQi)

++++

Burka.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 26, 2018 06:30 PM (pvjTE)

143 140

I hate the Outside.

Also, I miss Winter.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at May 26, 2018 06:26 PM (e5LQi)

Same here. I had to mow the lawn today in oppressive heat and humidity. Now I'm back inside with the air conditioning on, and I may not leave the house again until I go to work on Tuesday.

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2018 06:30 PM (sdi6R)

144 Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at May 26, 2018 06:26 PM (e5LQi)

You must live somewhere where it's warm year round.

Posted by: thathalfrican - OG LoG - Broke Minds Think Alike at May 26, 2018 06:30 PM (IYHxL)

145 131 ... "Hippies!? Better stay away from Palpatine for awhile, JTB, lest you find yourself in a saber duel or something. That is traditional Slavic costume, I'm pretty sure, though not sure exactly which country."

LOL! Who knew hippies were into cultural appropriation.

Posted by: JTB at May 26, 2018 06:30 PM (V+03K)

146
Buy yourself some of that spray on fake snow and use it on your windows. Then, just stay in the house. Easy peasey.

Unfortunately, that won't keep the grass from growing.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 26, 2018 06:30 PM (IqV8l)

147 140

I hate the Outside.

Also, I miss Winter.

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at May 26, 2018 06:26 PM (e5LQi)

++++

So, you stay inside. And then, what difference does the season make?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 26, 2018 06:31 PM (pvjTE)

148 I have no idea about Problem 2. I'd prefer to identify as Black in this position.

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2018 06:32 PM (sdi6R)

149 Ever since the beginning of time, man has yearned to destroy the sun.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 26, 2018 06:32 PM (yQpMk)

150 RIP Alan Bean.

Posted by: Fox2! at May 26, 2018 06:33 PM (brIR5)

151 RIP Alan Bean.

Sad, but inevitable. I wonder if the Apollo astronauts ever thought that they would not live to seen men walk on the Moon again. That's the real shame.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 26, 2018 06:35 PM (yQpMk)

152 We might be exploring the solar system but the Democrats took the money to breed a new crop of rat voters instead.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 26, 2018 06:36 PM (yQpMk)

153 Because the Chess side of the brain is not the art side of the brain.

The artists don't play chess.

Posted by: JAS at May 26, 2018 06:36 PM (ii30j)

154 I cut all the grass today and when I was done I found a headless chipmunk. Sad.

Posted by: f'd at May 26, 2018 06:37 PM (UdKB7)

155 Problem 1:

Bg5+

Problem 2:

Nd7

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 26, 2018 06:37 PM (RPXrN)

156 >>>Egypt, 1960s.#BeforeShariaSpoiledEverything

Maybe this is why the left loves Islam. Not only because it's totalitarian, but they think it contains the secret to get people to voluntarily renounce a free, Westernized society and embrace totalitarianism.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 26, 2018 06:37 PM (/qEW2)

157 138
I hate the Sun. But I don't like wearing hats.
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at May 26, 2018 06:25 PM (e5LQi)
----------------------------------
Me too.

Posted by: Count Dracula at May 26, 2018 06:37 PM (0jtPF)

158 That man with the Ginger Beard could be Rollo the Viking, enjoying the French countryside with his new French Princess wife. Well, except for the kid's tennies.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2018 06:37 PM (V2Yro)

159 My brain has no chess side. The relaxation side, however, is fully developed.

Posted by: Weasel at May 26, 2018 06:38 PM (MVjcR)

160 I see that the artist got the board wrong. Why does everyone make that mistake?

Because kids are taught all through school these days that white isn't right.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 26, 2018 06:38 PM (RPXrN)

161 Tower to Alan Bean, CAPT, USN RET.

You are cleared for unlimited altitude heading 270.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 26, 2018 06:39 PM (hyuyC)

162 Sad, but inevitable. I wonder if the Apollo astronauts ever thought that they would not live to seen men walk on the Moon again. That's the real shame."

Even worse, imagine living to see a time when the only way Americans can get into space is to beg the Russians for a ride.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2018 06:39 PM (V2Yro)

163 Famous players...Danny Kaye and Gomez Adams?

Posted by: JuJuBee, just generally being shamey at May 26, 2018 06:39 PM (2NqXo)

164 Can White stave off defeat? If so, how?

Yes. Knight to D7 to prevent promotion, King goes after the near pawn, moves to defend Knight, muck about until you can take the 2nd pawn.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2018 06:39 PM (DMUuz)

165 151 RIP Alan Bean.

Sad, but inevitable. I wonder if the Apollo astronauts ever thought that they would not live to seen men walk on the Moon again. That's the real shame.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 26, 2018 06:35 PM (yQpMk)

Right? There should be at least one mining colony by now. Humanity is simultaneously brilliant and idiotic.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at May 26, 2018 06:39 PM (Mkuv2)

166 I cut all the grass today and when I was done I found a headless chipmunk. Sad.
Posted by: f'd at May 26, 2018 06:37 PM (UdKB7)

Would you like to buy one of mine? The ones I breed are too large to be decapitated accidentally. And they sing.

Posted by: Dave Seville at May 26, 2018 06:41 PM (/qEW2)

167 > "Who Are These Famous, Old-Time Chess Players?"

Film music composer John Barry and currently incarcerated former governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich?

Posted by: Anonymous 7 at May 26, 2018 06:41 PM (kZZPS)

168 RIP Alan Bean.
Posted by: Fox2! at May 26, 2018 06:33 PM (brIR5)

No kidding? Damn. Alan Bean was the other half of John Aaron's "try SCE to AUX" team. It took Aaron to think of it and Bean to do it, the only two people out of an army of literal rocket scientists who had any idea what the hell was going on.

Posted by: hogmartin at May 26, 2018 06:41 PM (fZuhk)

169 I'd prefer to identify as Black in this position.Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2018 06:32 PMWelcome, but Talcum X is taken.

Posted by: Shawn "Talcum X" King at May 26, 2018 06:41 PM (DMUuz)

170 That
man with the Ginger Beard could be Rollo the Viking, enjoying the
French countryside with his new French Princess wife. Well, except for
the kid's tennies.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2018 06:37 PM (V2Yro)

Of course. Tennies are just wrong. Vikings children would wear "Tiu Skor"

Posted by: Kindltotq at May 26, 2018 06:41 PM (2K6fY)

171
Assembled shelving racks, moved stuff from tool room to garage, showered, traveled into town for a seafood dinner and went shopping. Now it's time for a nap.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 26, 2018 06:41 PM (eM8BP)

172

Posted by: Kindltotq at May 26, 2018 06:42 PM (2K6fY)

173 Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast

We need a strong push from the American public.

Maybe a NASA SUTRA effort in low-earth orbit? That combines science, engineering and sex. Have Pornhub start the financing?

pbho killed the space program.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 26, 2018 06:42 PM (hyuyC)

174 I need to bestir myself to get the chainsaw to cut up some tree trunks left from last weekend because we are looking at a lot of rain over the next couple of days and I will probably not be able to do it latter if I don't do it now. But I don't want to do it now.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 26, 2018 06:42 PM (yQpMk)

175 not even a sock, but a type for a stupid jokes about Icelandic shoes.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 26, 2018 06:42 PM (2K6fY)

176 I thought it was very nice out, low 80's sunny, took my painting hobby out onto the deck.

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2018 06:42 PM (aC6Sd)

177 I would like Mrs. Trump to come to my house and aerate my lawn with those heels. I would offer her mimosas and scrambled eggs. I would also offer her my undying admiration, but she already has that.

She is a treasure.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Wild Turkey Enthusiast at May 26, 2018 06:43 PM (Mkuv2)

178 Egypt, 1960s.#BeforeShariaSpoiledEverything

It wasn't sharia that spoiled Egypt (especially as Egypt doesn't have sharia, anyway). Egypt in the 60s was an anti-Western shithole that did nothing but cause problems. Serious, major problems. I don't care what their women were allowed to wear - the place was awful and a burden on the world, to put it mildly.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 26, 2018 06:43 PM (RPXrN)

179 Solutions are up.

And the two mystery chess masters have been identified as Frank Marshall (left) and J.R. Capablanca (right).

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 06:43 PM (ITfBP)

180 The nubile Debra Winger, Amazon sister to Lynda Carter's Wonder Woman, will be featured in the conclusion of a two part story on MeTV in 10 minutes.

Right now Ricardo Montaban is talking about fine Corinthian leather in an episode of The Wild Wild West.

Okay, he isn't talking leather.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 26, 2018 06:43 PM (8iiMU)

181 I cut all the grass today and when I was done I found a headless chipmunk. Sad.

Posted by: f'd at May 26, 2018 06:37 PM (UdKB7)

Your mower is set too high.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 26, 2018 06:43 PM (RPXrN)

182 150 RIP Alan Bean.
Posted by: Fox2! at May 26, 2018 06:33 PM (brIR5)

RIP. Now we're down to four, and the youngest are 82.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apollo_astronauts#
Apollo_astronauts_who_walked_on_the_Moon

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2018 06:44 PM (sdi6R)

183 I cut all the grass today and when I was done I found a headless chipmunk. Sad.

Posted by: f'd at May 26, 2018 06:37 PM (UdKB7)

Is the Squirrelfather trying to send a message?

Posted by: Kindltot at May 26, 2018 06:45 PM (2K6fY)

184 Pretty soon we will be like that scene from Interstellar where the teacher is claiming that men going into space was all a hoax and a fraud.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 26, 2018 06:45 PM (yQpMk)

185 It wasn't sharia that spoiled Egypt (especially as Egypt doesn't have sharia, anyway). Egypt in the 60s was an anti-Western shithole that did nothing but cause problems. Serious, major problems. I don't care what their women were allowed to wear - the place was awful and a burden on the world, to put it mildly.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 26, 2018 06:43 PM (RPXrN)

Yup.....Nasser was a real peach.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 26, 2018 06:45 PM (EoRCO)

186 155 Problem 1:
Bg5+

Yes

Problem 2:
Nd7
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 26, 2018 06:37 PM (RPXrN)

No.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 06:46 PM (ITfBP)

187 164 Can White stave off defeat? If so, how?

Yes. Knight to D7 to prevent promotion, King goes after the near pawn, moves to defend Knight, muck about until you can take the 2nd pawn.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 26, 2018 06:39 PM (DMUuz)

++++

You're reading the board backwards. Black is moving in the other direction. Nd7 won't prevent promotion, as that pawn will make it's first move to b5. Meanwhile, the pawn on the other side is too far away to catch with the king. As soon as white moves his king in that pawn's direction, he's off to the races. The king can only chase it, 2 squares behind, and watch it make queen.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 26, 2018 06:46 PM (pvjTE)

188 Problem 2:
Nd7
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 26, 2018 06:37 PM (RPXrN)

No.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 06:46 PM (ITfBP)

I was looking at black's pawns moving in the wrong direction. Silly me. I hate when that happens.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 26, 2018 06:47 PM (RPXrN)

189 152 We might be exploring the solar system but the Democrats took the money to breed a new crop of rat voters instead.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 26, 2018 06:36 PM (yQpMk)
---
I am very happy that Trump is easing regulations on commercial space flight.

https://www.space.com/40700-trump-space-policy-private-spaceflight-deregulation.html

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2018 06:48 PM (qJtVm)

190 184 Pretty soon we will be like that scene from Interstellar where the teacher is claiming that men going into space was all a hoax and a fraud.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 26, 2018 06:45 PM (yQpMk)

Yes. I don't recall the exact quote or who said it, but "A Dark Age isn't when we forget how to do things. It's when people no longer believe it was ever possible to do those things."

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2018 06:48 PM (sdi6R)

191
Anyone else thinking about the gopher and Carl Spackler in Caddyshack?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at May 26, 2018 06:49 PM (e5LQi)

192
Quick, name the gopher's song and singer in that movie!

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at May 26, 2018 06:49 PM (e5LQi)

193 >>Maybe this is why the left loves Islam. Not only because it's totalitarian, but they think it contains the secret to get people to voluntarily renounce a free, Westernized society and embrace totalitarianism.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 26, 2018 06:37 PM (/qEW2)

Yes, but the real reason is they don't understand it.

Posted by: Caliban at May 26, 2018 06:50 PM (QE8X6)

194 Right? There should be at least one mining colony by now. Humanity is simultaneously brilliant and idiotic.

Well, the problem with that idea is that there doesn't seem to be anything worth mining on the moon. When the proto-earth and moon split up (however that played out, most likely a collision between 2 bodies, one smaller than the current earth, the other probably Mars sized) Earth was the lucky one and ended up with all of the metals and heavier elements, as the cores of both proto-planets merged to create the new Earth's massive nickel-iron core.

The moon has no metal core like earths, which is why it is so thoroughly dead. It's mostly just silicates - a big dead rock of little value, except as a platform.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2018 06:50 PM (V2Yro)

195 Regarding Alan Bean, and all the rest...

These precious few men set foot on another world, came home, and lived their lives, raised kids, played with grandkids, continued the mission. And Buzz Aldrin got to punch a hippie.

These were genuinely good men.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Old Elk Enthusiast at May 26, 2018 06:50 PM (Mkuv2)

196 Quick, name the gopher's song and singer in that movie!

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at May 26, 2018 06:49 PM (e5LQi)

I'm Alright - Kenny Loggins

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 26, 2018 06:50 PM (RPXrN)

197 189
I am very happy that Trump is easing regulations on commercial space flight.

https://www.space.com/40700-trump-space-policy-private-spaceflight-deregulation.html

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2018 06:48 PM (qJtVm)

I heard about it. That is a Big Effing Deal.

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2018 06:50 PM (sdi6R)

198 rickl

Good quote on the dark ages. We have areas of First World interspersed with third world now.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 26, 2018 06:51 PM (hyuyC)

199 Quick, name the gopher's song and singer in that movie!
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at May 26, 2018 06:49 PM (e5LQi)

"I'm All Right".....Kenny Loggins?

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 26, 2018 06:51 PM (EoRCO)

200 Guy on the left doesn't look a bit like Barak

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2018 06:51 PM (aC6Sd)

201 1.Nh7 g4
2.Nf6 g3
3.Nh5 g2
4.Nf4 g1=Q
5.Ne2+ Kd2

++++

My app, the SOB, did this:

4.Nf4 g1=N
5.Ne2+ Nxe2

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 26, 2018 06:52 PM (pvjTE)

202
I'm Alright, Kenny Rogers?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at May 26, 2018 06:52 PM (e5LQi)

203 192 ... Song was "I'm All Right" and the singer was kenny Loggins.

I abase myself.

Posted by: JTB at May 26, 2018 06:52 PM (V+03K)

204 Quick, name the gopher's song and singer in that movie!
Posted by: Soothsayer -- Fake Commenter at May 26, 2018 06:49 PM (e5LQi)

Bust a Move, Young MC?

Posted by: hogmartin at May 26, 2018 06:52 PM (fZuhk)

205 Well, summer is definitely here in CenTex...96 but feels like 102. Upper 90's and low 100's for the next 3-4 months.

Posted by: lin-duh at May 26, 2018 06:53 PM (kufk0)

206 "I'm All Right"

No I'm not. Not at all.

Posted by: zombie headless chipmunk at May 26, 2018 06:54 PM (UdKB7)

207 Pretty soon we will be like that scene from Interstellar where the teacher is claiming that men going into space was all a hoax and a fraud.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 26, 2018 06:45 PM (yQpMk)

Remember the article by the SJW claiming that colonizing Mars would be sexist, since it would be encouraging the mindset that men can just grab planets by the mish the way they grab women? So maybe it's better this way.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 26, 2018 06:54 PM (/qEW2)

208 Debbie's got back!

Posted by: zombie headless chipmunk at May 26, 2018 06:55 PM (UdKB7)

209 Anyway, asteroid mining is where it's at baby:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqW9HtPCnR0

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2018 06:55 PM (qJtVm)

210 Upper 90's and low 100's for the next 3-4 months.
Posted by: lin-duh at May 26, 2018 06:53 PM (kufk0)

Love you guys, but that's God's way of telling me to stay the hell out of Texas.

Posted by: hogmartin at May 26, 2018 06:55 PM (fZuhk)

211 colonizing Mars would be sexist, since it would be encouraging the mindset that men can just grab planets by the mish the way they grab women? So maybe it's better this way.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 26, 2018 06:54 PM (/qEW2)
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Mishin' to Mars!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2018 06:56 PM (qJtVm)

212 198
Good quote on the dark ages. We have areas of First World interspersed with third world now.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 26, 2018 06:51 PM (hyuyC)

And so many of the "best and brightest" in the First World seem intent on surrendering to the Third World.

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2018 06:56 PM (sdi6R)

213 What ever happen to Jim Messina?

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 26, 2018 06:56 PM (EoRCO)

214 201 1.Nh7 g4
2.Nf6 g3
3.Nh5 g2
4.Nf4 g1=Q
5.Ne2+ Kd2

++++

My app, the SOB, did this:

4.Nf4 g1=N
5.Ne2+ Nxe2
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 26, 2018 06:52 PM (pvjTE)

1. That's a brilliant solution.
2. You app has achieved AI.

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2018 06:57 PM (sdi6R)

215 Are you rickl?
I'm looking for rickl.

Posted by: Sigma Chess 6.1 at May 26, 2018 06:58 PM (Evws/)

216 Anyway, asteroid mining is where it's at baby:
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2018 06:55 PM (qJtVm)

I signed up for ³He mining on the far side of the moon. Only three years. Seems like a good gig!

Posted by: hogmartin at May 26, 2018 06:59 PM (fZuhk)

217 No movie thread? My brain is too small for chess.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 26, 2018 06:59 PM (l9m7l)

218 Right? There should be at least one mining colony by now.

We already know it's not made of cheese and there's no wimminz there so why bother?

Posted by: DaveA at May 26, 2018 06:59 PM (FhXTo)

219 We already know it's not made of cheese and there's no wimminz there so why bother?
Posted by: DaveA at May 26, 2018 06:59 PM (FhXTo)

For the surf rock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptEwQN4KcHo

Posted by: hogmartin at May 26, 2018 07:00 PM (fZuhk)

220 Look freaked, if that chipmunk had lived on, it might have suffered a painful death from some cat or owl. You did it a favor with a swift, painless execution.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at May 26, 2018 07:00 PM (/qEW2)

221 There's that bitch, the hat lady!!

Posted by: local head of the denomination at May 26, 2018 07:00 PM (Evws/)

222 OM, I think Anon Y. Mous' app busted your solution.

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2018 07:01 PM (sdi6R)

223 Love you guys, but that's God's way of telling me to stay the hell out of Texas."

It's really not that bad, it all depends on how wet it is. Whenever there's a rain, the temperature cools way off. Now, there's years like the drought of 2011, and that was a beastly year, even the trees were dying. But now we're back to decent. only 94 here in East Texas.

Maybe I built up a tolerance growing up in Phoenix, where I got used to riding my bike when it was 115 out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2018 07:01 PM (V2Yro)

224
Quick, name the gopher's song and singer

Gopher Song. David Seville.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 26, 2018 07:01 PM (IqV8l)

225 Yes. I don't recall the exact quote or who said it, but "A Dark Age isn't when we forget how to do things. It's when people no longer believe it was ever possible to do those things."

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2018 06:48 PM (sdi6R)

-

It's weird how it scales down so well, too. If someone could travel back in time and tell people participating in the Harlem Rennaissance (heck, the 1990s) what their great great great great great great grandchildren* would be blaming their failures on, they'd probably laugh in your face.

* see what I did there?

Posted by: Moron Robbie - I choose to live my life as a black woman at May 26, 2018 07:02 PM (VgKNm)

226 What's this crud about no movie tonight?

Posted by: Skip at May 26, 2018 07:02 PM (aC6Sd)

227 What ever happen to Jim Messina?
Wasn't he that creepy looking guy who worked who worked for President Cock Curious?

Posted by: tu3031 at May 26, 2018 07:03 PM (O5Q3r)

228 "You did it a favor with a swift, painless execution."

I'm thinking a cat already got it and left it there. Most times they are half-eaten though.

Posted by: zombie headless chipmunk at May 26, 2018 07:03 PM (UdKB7)

229 I signed up for �He mining on the far side of the moon. Only three years. Seems like a good gig!
Posted by: hogmartin at May 26, 2018 06:59 PM (fZuhk)
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Watch out for Space Nazis! Their secret base is on the far side.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2018 07:04 PM (qJtVm)

230 What ever happen to Jim Messina?
Wasn't he that creepy looking guy who worked who worked for President Cock Curious?
Posted by: tu3031 at May 26, 2018 07:03 PM (O5Q3r)

Ummmmm...hahaha....No.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 26, 2018 07:05 PM (EoRCO)

231 222 OM, I think Anon Y. Mous' app busted your solution.
Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2018 07:01 PM (sdi6R)

No, my solution has a variation that takes care of the underpromotion line

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 07:06 PM (ITfBP)

232 34 Home!!!
I am home.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 26, 2018 05:17 PM (MzU3W)

Welcome home, Diogenes.

Posted by: m at May 26, 2018 07:06 PM (0bRDi)

233 What did you bring us, Diogenes?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 26, 2018 07:07 PM (qJtVm)

234 nood movie.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 07:07 PM (ITfBP)

235 Welcome home, Diogenes.
Posted by: m at May 26, 2018 07:06 PM (0bRDi)

Tub sweet tub.

Posted by: hogmartin at May 26, 2018 07:08 PM (fZuhk)

236 The Civil War Sesquicentennial was 2 years ago. Enough with the long beards already.

Posted by: josephistan at May 26, 2018 07:09 PM (ANIFC)

237 And, not that it matters, but I have never heard of Oscar Levant.

!

I thought you knew EVERYTHING !

Posted by: JT at May 26, 2018 07:09 PM (ojwL9)

238 1981 Texas , 113 straight days of over 110 degrees. Stay out of Texas,

Posted by: Ben Had at May 26, 2018 07:09 PM (SOMFK)

239 "Watch out for Space Nazis! Their secret base is on the far side."

Not anymore. Funding was unexpectedly cut.

Posted by: Melakon at May 26, 2018 07:09 PM (UdKB7)

240 Here's poor substitute for a movie thread:

Wonder Woman on Paradise Island.

It's one minute, and in Spanish, but that really doesn't matter....LOL...

https://youtu.be/7yzuDPLNbZg

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 26, 2018 07:10 PM (8iiMU)

241 Just as a note for the MMO nerds (like me) out there. We have two World of Warcraft guilds - Alliance on Rexxar and Horde on Hellscream. Polliwogette and I are on most weekends and a few times on weekday evenings. Since the new expansion is coming out in August, we have high level characters that can help get you leveled up (plus we have lower leveled toons we are playing as well.)

Alliance Guild is "Val U Rite Pudding" on Rexxar.
Horde Guild is "ValU Rite Pudding" on Hellscream. (note the space & lack of same).

Most active on Hellscream, but we have many characters in different levels on both servers.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at May 26, 2018 07:11 PM (c1VpD)

242 "Watch out for Space Nazis! Their secret base is on the far side."

Not anymore. Funding was unexpectedly cut.

Posted by: Melakon at May 26, 2018 07:09 PM (UdKB7)

That's what they want you to think. Actually, Obama funded a Planetary Community Organizer Outreach Office there to deal with #MarsPrivilege!

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 26, 2018 07:12 PM (n9EOP)

243 228 "You did it a favor with a swift, painless execution."

A dog story I would never put in the pet thread - an old buddy of mine was driving late at night in a company truck, down near the King Ranch in Texas. He saw this rather large dog laying in the road, it clearly had been hit, he said to himself "that's very sad, it's a narrow two lane road without shoulders, I'll just straddle it so as not to make it messier. "

But just as he got there, the poor dog, not quite dead yet, lifted up its head ans looked at him just before he went over it. He heard a "thump" and it made him kind of sick, but he told himself at least he had put it out of its misery, since it was already badly hurt. Another 30 minutes and he noticed a burning smell from the engine compartment, so he pulled into a small town gas station to get some gas, worried something had been damaged. He popped the hood - and their, right next to the engine mount and the stuck between the engine and the car body, was the dog's head. Not the dog, just it's head, staring at him.

What he did next was the real kicker. He acted nonchalant, walked up to the attendant, paid for his gas, and asked "hey you got a broom?" The attendant loaned him one, and he just went out and used the pole to knock the dog's head out of it's position, onto the concrete below. Then he closed the hood, again without saying anything, took the broom back, and just got in his truck and drove off.

For years everyone who's heard him tell the tale has wondered what the hell the next person to pull into that gas station thought. All my buddy would say was "I don't know, I just know I ain't ever goin' back there."

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 26, 2018 07:12 PM (V2Yro)

244 Yes. I don't recall the exact quote or who said it, but "A Dark Age isn't when we forget how to do things. It's when people no longer believe it was ever possible to do those things."

Posted by: rickl at May 26, 2018 06:48 PM (sdi6R)

Sounds cute but I'm going to have to vote against this sentiment. In the real Dark Ages, Europeans saw the ruins of great works all around them. They knew that doing all these things was possible. They couldn't do them but they knew that people not long before, in that exact place, had done them.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 26, 2018 07:12 PM (RPXrN)

245 They couldn't do them but they knew that people not long before, in that exact place, had done them.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at May 26, 2018 07:12 PM (RPXrN)

But they thought it was aliens.

Posted by: m at May 26, 2018 07:34 PM (0bRDi)

246 No, my solution has a variation that takes care of the underpromotion line

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 07:06 PM (ITfBP)

++++

Ah, didn't read far enough to get to that. But, my app takes a different route on that one too. Not sure if it is a winner, but I'm not seeing the solution.

Your line:
8.Ke5 Nc3
9.Nb4+ Kb3

My app:
8.Ke5 Kb3

With that move, the check no longer works.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 26, 2018 07:38 PM (pvjTE)

247 Tom Servo, we got 1/4 inch of rain yesterday.

Posted by: Eromero at May 26, 2018 07:47 PM (zLDYs)

248 230 What ever happen to Jim Messina?
Wasn't he that creepy looking guy who worked who worked for President Cock Curious?
Posted by: tu3031 at May 26, 2018 07:03 PM (O5Q3r)

Gonna have to be more specific

Posted by: weirdflunky at May 26, 2018 07:50 PM (orE2c)

249 Bertrand Russell?

Posted by: LochLomondFarms at May 26, 2018 08:19 PM (GfqQF)

250 Thanks for all the great Mac chess tips everyone!

Posted by: qdpsteve at May 26, 2018 08:40 PM (eMKNe)

251 I hope Anon Y. Mous is checking back periodically.

My app:
8.Ke5 Kb3
With that move, the check no longer works.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 26, 2018 07:38 PM (pvjTE)

Can your app win as Black from that position? Because the position is similar to mine, i.e. the White knight is covering b4 and will simply capture the pawn and secure the draw if it moves there. I don't see a clear line for Black to dislodge the knight from d5. The White king can always chase the Black knight away from attacking. So it's a draw. Unless your app can come up with a line.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 09:15 PM (ITfBP)

252 I'll get back to it to check. I like to figure things out first and then try what I think is a solution against the app. I know if I forgot something, it will get me. When I don't figure it out, then it's your solution I try against the app. Everything I tries against it from the point it deviated from your solution failed, but I haven't tried to turn it around and see how it deals with its own line. I put it away for now, but I'll get back to it later.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 26, 2018 09:23 PM (pvjTE)

253 OK.

Posted by: OregonMuse, AoSHQ Thought Leader & Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair Magazine at May 26, 2018 11:30 PM (ITfBP)

254 On Problem #2, why not just underpromote g1=N and use material to advance b7?

Posted by: Lou at May 27, 2018 01:03 AM (MQiMX)

255 I guess Richard Reti based only on my sense of the attitude he would present at the chess board as exemplified by the famous commentary

1. e4 ...

White's game is on its last legs.

Posted by: Wit's End at May 27, 2018 04:30 AM (ROYpB)

256 Looks like Frank Marshall and Sammy Reshevsky

Posted by: Oncisor 1183 at May 27, 2018 06:56 AM (CKGBL)

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