Regards,

<Flintstone v. Rubble> 10,000 BC at the <Joe Rockhead Volunteer Fire Department Chess Congress>...

Final position- <Flintstone> with the White pieces:

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(My favorite was the time I asked one of the VERY TALL women's basketball players "How's the weather up there?" She never told me. I still wonder to this day.)

At least Nashville is civilized--Obama is ahead 58-32. The rest of Tennessee seems more benighted--and <well-red> if not <well-read>.

<eaten by bear>

Well thanks for your "progressive views."

I hate technology--especially when it is hiding in a purse at 5 in the morning.

We don't "hold" with "cell phones" in England.

Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883

It will keep me busy after "work" this week...

Pierre <played two matches against the Howard Staunton in 1843. The first, in London, he won 3½-2½, but a return match just before Christmas in Paris, he lost 13-8. This second match is sometimes considered to be an unofficial World Chess Championship match.>

Boy he must have been steaming good to play on to the end of THAT! hehehe

Oh yes <Open Defense>, nice poems / songs ...I henceforth make you a fully fledged <Guardian of the Wood>. Wield your powers honourably in the struggle against the <Great Slaver> logic and rejoice, for Drawnik is three down and there is much taunting to be done!

20 minutes in and I've been looking at forcing sequences involving the Black King, but there aren't any.

I took a long, long, look at Qxa8??, but it doesn't work.

So then I turned my attention to the Black Queen and noticed that if white slides the rook over <Ra1> Queen check, the Queen is almost trapped!!

After

1.<Ra1 Qb4> absolutely forced), the White Knight can reach the vulnerable <e7> checking square with tempo via

2.<Nc6!> <Black Queen has to move- doesn't even matter where>

Then

3. <Ne7+>!! Kh1 (absolutely forced)

and NOW THE QUEEN SAC WORKS

HJAHAHA
hahah

4.<Qxa8!!!!!!!!!>

AND NOW THE QUEEN IS IMMUNE SO WHITE GOES UP A WHOLE ROOK FOR NOTHING AND WINS!!

heh

If

4....<Rxa8???> then

5. <Nxf7#>!!

Because now that the Black King is <STALEMATED> on the <h8> square, the Black rook on <f8> is <OVERLOADED>.

It cannot defend both the <f7 square> and the <a8> rook at the same time.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH

What a fantastic combination...

OK that took me half an hour to figure out and I almost tore my hair out, <knowing> that because it's a "puzzle" there is a <forcing sequence> for certain.

Imagine the <Heavenly Brilliance> of being able to spot such combinations of <absoulte beauty> WITHOUT "knowing" they are there.

One is reminded of <Alekhine>, who looked for such opportunities on <EACH AND EVERY MOVE OF EVERY GAME>.

He even said that he was convinced in his early career that if he looked hard enough, such sublime combinative resources hid in <every chess positon>.

<Kraba>!! Thank you, this is much better than working at work.

Heh-= I have my own office and a computer this morning...

Thanks for leaving it for me.

The work day really flies by when you spend all mornig working on a chess puzzle.

I accidentally spent all day at work investigating an obscure line of the <English Opening> and made a games collection about it WITH A DIAGRAM at the top and everything!!!

Mrs. Helping the local collapsing economy by working hard at "work."