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Meanwhile,… white to move. There’s a mate here if you can find it, a couple ways.
1. Bf4 Rb7 2. Nd4 c6 3. Nxc6 Nd7 4. Bf7#
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The monks of Le Barroux are trying to get a new tractor for their vineyard and they need to sell wine. Since you need wine for yourselves or a gifts to others…. see how well this works out?
In Chessy News, the slate for the Candidates has been announced by FIDE but there are machinations and shenanigans afoot to try to hustle up some ELO (rating points) for a couple players who are not too far behind Wesley So. A tournament was cobbled up in India for Erigaisi and Gukesh. In France the Chess Club of Chartres… yes, Chartres… C’Chartres Echecs – will magically have a tournament so that local boy and club member Alireza Firouzja (2750) can play classical matches against a 2546, a 2506, and a 2439 to farm up some additional ELO points. On Monday, Firouzja won the first game of his match against the 2439 and with a current live-rating of 2751.8 he is now only 5.6 rating points behind Wesley So (live-rating 2757.4). I’m reminded of what happened before the last Candidates in Madrid when Ding Liren played an insane number of games quickly and all inside Chinese against Chinese players to punch up his ELO and get him a spot. This is one reason why FIDE said that a certain number of matches have to be played outside one’s country (or at least I think that’s what the byzantine-crazy qualification rubrics say). I wonder if anyone really understands what is going on and how this all works. That notwithstanding, something is mighty dodgy. Last minute tournaments popping up like mushrooms on grandmaster’s lawns for the sake of garnering a few points and the chance to bump Wesley off the roster.
MEANWHILE…
After growing up in Minnesota and serving in Wisconsin…. A little up north humor donchya know.
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Can we program our Amazon to give to you instead of having to click on here first? I ask because I sometimes remember to do that but sometimes I forget and that makes me feel bad when I’ve forgotten.
Liz: I think that is not possible. I believe that you have to use an affiliate link. It’s just one click to me, however, if I am bookmarked.
I deeply appreciate that you asked about this. Thank you.
That was funny. I wonder if that accent is influenced by Canada? There seems a similarity. I hope we get to keep our regional accents in the brave new world, or if we’ll all sound Ecuadorian.
That’s comedian Charlie Behrens of “Manitowoc Minute” fame. Notice how his Midwest Siri (aka Sheryl Lizinki) reminds him to make salmon instead of ordering brats on the first Friday of Lent!
Kathleen,
Ya, I think so. I live in SE Michigan not far from the Canadian border. I’ve been told I have an accent that sounds vaguely Canadian. I also know people who grew up in Windsor, Ontario. To me, they sound a lot like Yoopers (Upper Peninsula of Michigan).
I’m not from the midwest but this is very funny!
I’m stumped – where’s the mate?
1. Bf4 Rb7
2. Nd4 c6
3. Nxc6 Nd7
4. Bf7#