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...The corresponding display features the “elegant dress — with its V-shaped neckline and its skirt falling just below her knees — that she would wear to each driving lesson, as a sportswoman might wear the...
...He insists it’s still a good idea – he has actually donated the best of his collection to the V&A and the Fashion Museum in Antwerp. But “I do swing dramatically”, he admits cheerfully....
...Puzzle 2556 Kristina Brankov v Maria Manakova, Serbian League 2023. Black to move and win. Click here for solution...
...Marais is more vibrant and inclusive than that of the city’s more expensive residential areas, such as the so-called golden triangle — the 8th arrondissement area bounded by the avenues Montaigne, George V...
...Royal v Koepke: 1 Qxh7+! Kxh7 2 Rh4+ Kg8 3 Rh8 mate. Chess 24941...Rg4+! 2 Kxg4 Qg2+ 3 Kh5 Qf3 mate. Chess 24931 Re8+! Rxe8 2 Qxg7+!...
...The Carlsen v Kasparov debate will continue. For Kasparov, it is argued that he was world champion for 15 years, and stayed No1 for a further five....
...In a Cinderella-blue colour, with a deep V neckline, the look called back to the Prada gown Nyong’o wore when she took home the Best Actress award a decade ago....
...A later artist, Ayana V Jackson, poses her “Anarcha” (2017) like an Orientalist odalisque, but the tender image of her turned back suggests not so much exotic allure as vulnerability....
...Tristan Cox v Valeriy Neverov 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Ng3 exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 h5 11.Bg5 Qe8 12.Bd3 Nh7 13.Bf4 Qe7 14.Nge2 Nd7 15.O-O Ne5 16.Bc2 Bd7 17.Bc1 b5 18....
...Paehtz had overlooked that the black queen at a4 guarded e8, so that White just lost her bishop....
...Puzzle 2518 Ding Liren v Wang Hao, Ningbo 2011. White to move and win. Click here for solution...
...Nunn lost in round eight to Jens Kristiansen, but the Dane blundered to defeat in the final round in a drawn bishop ending....
...No pope since Celestine V in 1294 had stepped down for personal reasons, although Gregory XII left office in 1415 under a deal among rival factions to end a 40-year schism in the Roman Catholic Church....
...Puzzle 2495 Lucas van Foreest v Evgeny Bareev, Wijk aan Zee 2019. White to move and win. White is material up, while Black seems to have counterplay with queen and rook....
...adds Lucy Bishop, specialist and auctioneer at Kerry Taylor Auctions....
...As well as VIP dignitaries, attendees will include recipients of British awards for valour such as the Victoria Cross and George Cross, alongside senior MPs and peers, bishops and representatives of charities...
...More loans were allegedly given by Cox & Kings to V Hotels, a struggling beachfront property bought by Peter and Urrshila’s father, Ajit, in 2001....
...Puzzle 2452 Jonathan Rowson v Simon Knott, British championship 2007. White to move and win....
...In 1973, with the Roe v....
...Harington’s Henry asks, rather testily, of the bishop who has just subjected him — and all of us — to a tortuous PowerPoint on French lines of succession....
...Puzzle 2443 Roland Scott v Joseph Blake, Edinburgh 1920. White (to play) is queen for bishop up, but can you find his only winning move?...
...The average price of a home sold by E&V last year was up 29 per cent on the year before. New buyers and existing owners are using their homes for longer....
...Puzzle 2423 Wei Yi v Tigran L Petrosian, China v Armenia, Pro Chess League 2020. Find White’s surprise winning move. Click here for solution...
...This is not just a recent phenomenon: Adam quotes Mark Jones, former director of London’s V&A, on Richard Wallace (1818-90), founder of the Wallace Collection, who “was an outsider, because of being illegitimate...
...(Spoiler: 1...Qb1+ 2 Qf1 Rh1+ doesn’t work because White can take the h1 rook with the e4 bishop). Click here for solution...
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