No regrets in not getting it all in a 'fixed manner'.

I am not going to look at Monday puzzle until I throw off my other encumbrances.

But then I saw 20. Qg4! which wins a piece back, and the game. Oh well.

The opening is apparently a Benoni. To me it looks like a Sicilian, especially the well-known 17. Nd5.

I see from previous comments it must have been a POTD from here (white to play)

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17.Nd5 leaps out at you. Just play it and take it from there. If you try to analyse these sacs you go potty. Unclear = playable.

As FSR White has more fun than Black. So much so Black declined it.

The "Kustar" referenced in the pun above is Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer famously of the 7th Cavalry: https://historycollection.com/ten-t... Custer's Last Stand was a massacre, a great victory for Northern Plains Indians, but short lived. It was part of the Black Hills War over gold. The American Indians refused to sell the Black Hills to the USA federal government, so the federal government sent troops to force the American Indians onto reservations in order to take the land by force. Sounds familiar -- like Vladimir Putin's war. The Northern Plains Indians won the battle -- a great victory as their homes were attacked, but lost the Black Hills War, and nearly all were forced to live on reservations within five years of the battle.

Crazy Horse was an Oglala Sioux Chief, but he rode w/Cheyenne warriors at the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana, a western state. The tribes camped at the river (believed to be the largest encampment of plains Indians that century) were not warned in advance as Custer had feared. One reason for Custer's premature attack -- to beat the warning, as Custer knew his battalion had been seen at least twice by wayward Indians. The tribes were caught by surprise in camp, unmounted, and had no time to plan a response other than to return fire, pursue, and surround. Many warriors had battled General Crook a week earlier in the Battle of Rosebud, and were well-armed, spoiling to fight.

In fact, Crazy Horse lived up to his name in this battle, riding a great distance. First Crazy Horse struck Reno's flank to help force Reno's retreat back across the river in the initial attack at the south end of the camp. Then Crazy Horse raced off to the north end of camp to get behind Custer and cut-off Custer's retreat up the long slope to Last Stand Hill. Custer's plan was to take the women and children as hostages/human shields to force surrender as he'd successfully/shamefully done a decade earlier against Black Kettle's peaceful Southern Cheyenne encampment.

Custer's soldiers likely were not carrying enough ammunition to defeat approximately ten-to-one odds (his cavalry attacked in advance of the slower supply wagons, leaving the wagons behind to catch up). Custer's Indian scouts warned him not to attack; the soldiers were greatly outnumbered. Misfired arrows found in the dead bodies of Indians indicate surrounding cross-fire action occurred, although many warriors had modern rifles as well. Here is Chief Two Moons account: https://www.historynet.com/eyewitne...

"Long Hair" Custer did not wear a red hat. He did like to dress up for photos and sometimes wore a red necktie. Here's plenty on the subject: https://truewestmagazine.com/strang...

Ol' FTB can recommend visiting Cherokee, North Carolina for its historical sites while driving the popular Blue Ride Parkway through the Great Smokey Mountains in the Eastern United States, more so for those who enjoy mother nature and scenic beauty. There's a chance that you will see a black bear (traffic jam of on-lookers) along the way. I wouldn't count on seeing moonshiner Jim Tom Hedrick though: https://www.distractify.com/p/what-...

Here are some good articles w/pictures about the Old West, including wagon trains: https://truewestmagazine.com/articl...

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