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White to Play

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Does White win, lose or draw this position?

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Different-Colored World

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Imagine a world in which the colors of things have changed from what we consider normal. Assume the following changes:

Snow is now red.
Grass is now black.
The sky is now brown.
Blood is now white.
Soot is now green.

In such a world, what is the color of dirt?

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Symbol Codes

Games / Brain Teasers /

In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters.

^ stands for M, O, I, U, or W
V stands for Y, U, F, E, or L
< stands for H, E, B, K, or T
> stands for J, A, G, N, or P

The four letter code word, <^>V, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?

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What's in Chocolate?

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What 5 chemical elements make chocolate?

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Tell the Truth

Games / Brain Teasers /

Sid always moans that if only people told the truth he would sell more of his goods. What does he make?

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White to Play

Games / Chess Puzzles /

Composed problems like this drive me crazy. It’s a mate in three. The only hint I can give you is that the only check is the last one, which is mate. Don’t look at the answer. Take the weekend, but try to solve it.

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Tricky Composition

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A music teacher once told his student a fast way to make good compositions. The secret is to choose a famous composition, turn it around, and you will get your own original composition!

The student happily tried this secret, and it indeed works. However, this secret does not work for his music teacher's compositions. Why?

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White to Play

Games / Chess Puzzles /

This is a very special mate in three as the choices are few since it is a very restricted position. In one sense, though, anything goes!

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Hut, Mine, and Oak

Games / Brain Teasers /

What do the following three items have in common?

1. A HUT
2. A MINE
3. A HOLM OAK

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Different Perspectives

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You can actually view words from a different perspective. For example, number could mean getting more numb, while a butter could simply be a goat or a ram.

And now for the problem. What do you call a wicked thing?

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White to Play

Games / Chess Puzzles /

OK, enough with the in-depth chess lessons! Recreational change of pace—composed chess problems. This one’s a mate in two. Have fun!

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Backwards Strike?

Games / Brain Teasers /

This is a newspaper headline:

Workers Strike - Want to Make Less Money!

What is going on?

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Hidden Colors

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Hidden in each sentence is a word. For example, in the sentence: When I grow up, I want to be a ranger. (Hidden animal) The hidden word is BEAR from "to BE A Ranger". Now, try to identify the hidden colors in the sentences below:

I agree not to eat all the food.
Bob decided to jump in, knowing that this is his only choice.
The sunset makes Cairo seem magnificent.
Some states ship lumber and coal on canal barges.

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Multiple Choice Questions

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What are your answers to the respective questions so that your answers to all the questions are correct?

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Question 1
The answer to Question 2 is:
A. B
B. C
C. A

Question 2
The first question with correct answer B is:
A. Question 3
B. Question 1
C. Question 2

Question 3
The only answer you have not chosen yet is:
A. A
B. B
C. C

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White to Play

Games / Chess Puzzles /

This will be our last Isolated Queen Pawn lesson. In fifteen lessons,if you studied the positions and some of the full games offered, you added to your chess knowledge. Today’s game is special in that you get to see an unusual aspect of the attack. Then, you get a thorough study of what might have happened if Black had defended more resolutely...

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Agents in Action

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The Agents of F.C.I. have amusing anagrams to match their characteristics, for example, AGENT SOUL, whose name anagrams to LANGOUSTE, likes seafood.

Try to determine the Anagrams for the following Agents.

AGENT DEE is very young.

AGENT YIP specializes in Pharaohs and Sphinxes.

AGENT MIC has attractive abilities.

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Equalizing

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P is to L.
M is to OK.
Hence, D is to ___

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White to Play

Games / Chess Puzzles /

GM Carlos Torre was giving a simultaneous exhibition in 1924 when he reached this position as White. Unable to find a defense to the threatened Rc1, he resigned. He missed a saving line! Can you save the game for White?

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Creative Slicing

Games / Brain Teasers /

How can you divide a pizza into 8 equal slices using only 3 straight cuts?

Hint: Think three-dimensionally!

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Word of Letters Four

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I'm a word of letters four with close ties to snow.
Just half of my first my third letter will show.
One fifth of my fourth my first you may call.
Of my second 'tis best to say nothing at all.

What word am I?

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