Joe OConnell

USAF White Alice. Joe OConnell is the world's foremost expert in Steak Perfection, including the selection, preparation, cooking and serving of perfect steaks.

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A man photographed the sun from the same spot … at the exact same time … for 3 years and made this incredible video.

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@Madulime @ImShahinyan Not Re7 since it’s stalemate

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@JColemanChess @ImShahinyan No since Kf7

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@EmilSutovsky Emil, during these sad and emotional times, keep your profound insight at the forefront of your thoughts: “emotions are rarely a good companion of wisdom.”

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@sxnksati @SusanPolgar A good try, but @SusanPolgar is ~always correct. Black’s best after 3.Bxf7 is 3…Nxd8. Now 4.Rh8 loses both the Rook and the game.

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@AarundhChauhan @SusanPolgar Good try but no, 1…Nxd8 is not forced. Best for Black is 1…h6 giving Black’s King a flight square and avoiding a forced mate for dozens of moves.

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@GMIgorSmirnov Mate in 6 with best play

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@RightNUFC PTO = personal time off (from work).

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@GMIgorSmirnov The real puzzle begins after 1…Rc2 2.Qd3 Rxb2 3.Kg1 — what now? I couldn’t work it out so had to use an engine :( Igor’s puzzle this time was much more difficult for me.

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@chessmensch White’s blunder 1.Bd2? should have been a huge red flag since White had been better, so this should have alerted Black to danger. Instead of blundering 1…Bxd2? Black saves the game and equalizes with 1…Be6

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@SusanPolgar @SusanPolgar Wow - an extremely beautiful and complex puzzle. I failed to solve it, since there are too many possible lines for me. Question: how did Herbstmann & Kubbel prove their solution, decades before computers and tablebase; and did they publish their solution?

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@jk_rowling “Like other people who've never experienced adult life uncushioned by wealth and fame, Emma has so little experience of real life she's ignorant of how ignorant she is.” An existential truth precisely articulated.

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@ppd4444 @thewriterme Tx

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@Michael951413 Profound insight - source?

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Now I Know!
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HELP: The Peacock / NBC app is dismal - I signed up to watch the Tour de France but the Peacock ios app crashes constantly and streaming on the Firestick is no better. Please explain how I can configure my NordVPN to watch the rest of the Tour. Tx

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@danielyoung_ff Get help from a VSO (Veteran Service Officer) at your local Disabled American Veterans or VFW or American Legion etc. A VSO is highly trained and charges no fee whatsoever! Don’t try to DIY unless you hold a PhD and have several hundred hours to learn the system.

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@MadhurKapoor12 Yes, White has a forced mate, but it’s much more difficult to find than others have posted. After 1.Qxe4 Ne5 (Black’s best try!) 2.Qxe5+ Be6 (again Black’s best)! Now White has to calculate carefully to find the Mate in 8!

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@laffer747 @MadhurKapoor12 No, there’s no stalemate. As shown, 2.Kc2# is mate. And if 1…Kxc1 then 2.Qa1# and 2.Qf1# are mate.