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Bytes and Dollars
Explain how the following equation is true.
byte = dollar
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White to Play
Number 13 in our instructional games series. This is one of the most drastic examples of what happens to the king who doesn’t castle and has to move about. The question for you is whether you will see the correct continuation in the critical position in the diagram. (13) Pleci,I. - Endzelius,L. (C10)Buenos Aires, 1939
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5...
View solutionMissing Word
One word is missing from the list below. Can you figure out the pattern that will tell you what the missing word is?
begin inch chapel elastic ==?== cellar arisen end
View full teaser and answerWhat's Next?
What letters replace the question marks in this series?
ABC
?DF
D?L
HP?
Black to Play
This is our 12th instructional game in our series. Feel free to check the archives for our earlier ones. This one is Nicifor - Kraemer (C48)Yugoslavia Decin, 1922
We normally look at the end of games, but with these instructional games we've been exploring some where the critical point in the game occurs in the middle game and even in the ...
View solutionWhich Planets?
Below, we've listed the planets in the Solar System in a different order. According to this order, in which order should the two final planets appear?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Mars, Pluto, ?, ?.
View full teaser and answerWhich Number?
Which of these numbers does not belong with the others?
31,556,926
234,567.876
525,948.766
8,765.81277
365.242199
52.177457
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White to Play
This tenth instructional game is special for me since I knew the winner. Herman was a magnificent storyteller at dinner and very jovial. I met him in the 1970s, almost 30 years after this game was played. Miguel Najdorf was one of the greatest players in chess history, so Pilnik beating him was no small accomplishment. Pilnik,H. - Najdorf,M. (...
View solutionNaming Rights
Amy was pregnant with her 7th child. Everyone was excited. She had named her children Sandy, Adam, Denton, Edward, Dina and Ira, in their order of birth and according to a specific rule. She knows her 7th child will be a girl. Which of the following names is she likely to use, and why?
Mary
Kimberly
Rachel
June
Yolanda
Number Sequence
What number should finish this sequence?
23, 14, 19, 6, 20, ?
View full teaser and answerFour Doors
You are an expert on paranormal activity and have been hired to locate a spirit haunting an old resort hotel. Strong signs indicate that the spirit lies behind one of four doors. The inscriptions on each door read as follows:
Door A: It's behind B or C
Door B: It's behind A or D
Door C: It's in here
Door D: It's not in here
Your psychic powers have told you three of the inscriptions are false, and one is true. Behind which door will you find the spirit?
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White to Play
The ninth in our series of instructional games. Black makes a classic error. Will you find the winning line? Dobkin - Grinberg (B18) Tel-Aviv, 1944 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 Qc7 8.0–0 Ngf6 9.Re1 e6 10.Ng5 Bxd3? (Better was 10...Bd6) 11.Qxd3 h6?? (SEE DIAGRAM) A fatal mistake. Why?
View solutionNumber Patterns
What is the next in this pattern:
104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 89, 47, 13, 18, 33, 85, 79, 4, 5, ?
View full teaser and answerQoucorrian Math
While on your interplanetary vacation, you decide to stop at the planet Quocorri, a planet known for its many mathematical achievements.
While there, you decide to pick up on some of the Quocorrians mathematical variations. The Quocorrians won't tell you exactly how it works, only that it has some relationship to the Standard English math. They also give you four, true, Quocorrian math problems. They are:
2+2=9
4*1=1
5-2=16
-3+2=64
So, according to this system, what is 6/2?
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White to Play
The eighth in our series of instructional games. Both players had opportunities to win. Several mistakes were made. Well worth going over to test your tactical sense at several points in the game. Hanning - Langerner (C80)Berlin, 1926 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Nxe4 6.d4 exd4? (Best not to open the e-file when you aren't ...
View solutionNumber Code
Consider the following,
Mine = 456
His = 768
Hers = 523
Yours = 908
Now what phrase can you get from the rebus below?
4 7 5 8
5 6 2 0
6 8 3 9
Heat
What are the last three letters in this series?
S, L, S, A, P, A, L, B, L, H, M, R, T, M, M, M, M, L, S, ?, ?, ?
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White to Play
The seventh in our series of instructional games. We’re going to comment more on this one for the less experienced players as there are lessons throughout rather than just after the diagram. Przepiorka,D - Patay,J. (B06)Meran, 1926. Here’s the game: 1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Bd3 e6 5.0–0 Ne7 (These days known as the Hippopotamus.)6.Be3 0...
View solutionNumber Series
What are the next three numbers in this series?
1, 3, 6, 55, 66, 171, 595, 666, 3003, 5995, ?, ?, ?
View full teaser and answerPalindrome
A palindrome is a word that reads the same when spelled backwards (eg rotavator). How could the following word be considered a palindrome?
Footstool
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