Luc St-Louis

[Luc St-Louis @scullucs]

@AkiyoshiKitaoka Nice. Feels like a variation of the Cafe Wall illusion.

[Luc St-Louis @scullucs]

@le1518 Si je comprends bien, le Plateau est en beau voile vert!

[Luc St-Louis @scullucs]

@pickover @TamasGorbe It's a nice variant of the "Nine dots puzzle", featuring a unique solution. Well done!

[Luc St-Louis @scullucs]

Nay spa.

[David Nola @DavidMora]

❄️🌨️

[Luc St-Louis @scullucs]

@AkiyoshiKitaoka It's amazing how far this technique can be pushed, leading to, once recognized, a Mona Lisa so utterly similar to the original.

[Luc St-Louis @scullucs]

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@NBCNews That sentence escalated fast (contrary to the baby :-/ ).

[Luc St-Louis @scullucs]

@AkiyoshiKitaoka This one made me laugh! When you follow a single one, it's moving quietly along, but when you're not looking at them directly, they're skipping happily along. 😁

[Luc St-Louis @scullucs]

@MerriamWebster @KathWertheim Gotta love French's "inflammable" and "ininflammable".

[Luc St-Louis @scullucs]

@tvanouvelles "outrage à un cadre". Parle pas d'même à ton boss!

[Luc St-Louis @scullucs]

@ChessbaseIndia 1. Qd1!
1. ... BxQ 2. Rd4#
1. ... BxR+ 2. QxB#
1. ... Bf1 2. Qxg3#
1. ... f2 2. QxB#
1. ... Nb7/Nc8/Ne8/Nf7 2. Qa4#
1. ... Nb5 2.Re3#
1. ... Nc4 2.Rxd4#
1. ... NxB 2. Rxe6#
1. ... e5 2. Ng3#
1. ... e6xN 2. Re6#
1. ... e7xR 2 NxN#

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[Luc St-Louis @scullucs]

@ChessbaseIndia 1. Qa2? Bxd3+!
1. Qe1? Nb5!
1. c5xd6? e7xf6!
1. Rd4/Rxd6 are illegal, the rook is pinned.

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[Luc St-Louis @scullucs]

@AkiyoshiKitaoka Haha! That's great! They're really moving when you do that!

[Luc St-Louis @scullucs]

@ChessbaseIndia Like @Akhil found, but there are interesting, but failing, defences to observe:

1. Qd3!, threat: 2. Rf5#
1. ... QxQ 2. Nxd3#
1. ... e4 2. Ng2#
1. ... Be4 2. Rxe4#
1. ... Se3 2. Qxe3#

[Luc St-Louis @scullucs]

@pickover Meh. 100n + 10n + n = 111n. 111n/3n = 111/3 = 37.

[Luc St-Louis @scullucs]

@pickover This shape is perfect for applying Pick's theorem (look it up, it's pretty neat!), giving us an area of 10 + 4/2 - 1 = 11.

[Luc St-Louis @scullucs]

@ChessbaseIndia In more detail:
1. Rc4!
1. ... QxR/Qf5+ 2. Ke3/Kg2#
1. ... Qc5/Qe5 2. Kg2#
1. ... Qd5+ 2. Ke3#
1. ... Bf2 2. KxB#
1. ... Bg3 2. Kg2#
1. ... BxP 2. Ke4#
1. ... B~ 2. Kf2#

[Luc St-Louis @scullucs]

@ChessbaseIndia 1. Ke2?/Rf4? QxR!
1. Rg5+? hxR!
1. Rc4!