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Ancient Elements
What is the meaning of this rebus?
FEANCIENTFE
View full teaser and answerAna-Grammar
Each of the following sentences contains clues to a set of three words that are anagrams of each other (each sentence describes a different set).
1) I have a painting of a small mammal wearing a coating without the feathers.
2) A winged apparition will harvest the grain where the two lines intersect.
3) The members of the two groups were fearful of the Holy Grail.
4) Trying to reach home and score the winning run, Joe jumped over the catcher and ripped the fold of his uniform.
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White to Play
The Classical French is known as a tough nut to crack, but White does a demolition job on it. The game starts with 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 0–0 8.c3 Nd7 9.Bd3 b6 10.h4 h6 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.0–0–0 Rc8 13.Kb1 Qe7 14.g4 g5? 15.hxg5 hxg5 and now we reach our diagram. How do you continue the attack?
View solutionOperation: Bird-Ectomy
Six words have had their birds removed. The birds have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each bird with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD).
Group A: crow, hawk, owl, raven, robin, wren
Group B: itt, ndior, ossb, tre, trsig, tulg
Not Direct Current
Letter Equations are well known phrases or facts where the key words have been replaced with the first letter of that word. These are often in the form of an equation, which contain a number, an = sign and the rest of the obscured phrase or fact.
1 = H on a D C
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White to Play
Here’s a Stonewall Attack for your enjoyment. 1.d4 d5 2.e3 e6 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.Nd2 Bd6 5.f4 Nc6 6.c3 Ne7 7.Nh3 0–0 8.0–0 Bd7 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Ng6 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.f5 exf5 13.Bxf5 Bxf5 14.Rxf5 Kh8 15.Qh5 Rg8 and now our diagram.
View solutionOperation: Color-Ectomy
Six words have had their colors removed. The colors have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each color with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD).
Group A: blue, brown, cyan, green, pink, red
Group B: agssivess, astr, bac, rstllie, snaer, urig
Braving the Elements
Which element in Group B can be added to Group A? Why?
Group A: Iridium, Vanadium, Xenon, Lanthanum, Carbon, Dysprosium
Group B: Radon, Barium, Uranium, Platinum, Manganese, Phosphorus

Black to Play
This game has barely gotten underway and White is ahead in development, yet the game is essentially over.
View solutionOver the Edge
Letter Equations are well known phrases or facts where the key words have been replaced with the first letter of that word. These are often in the form of an equation, which contain a number, an = sign and the rest of the obscured phrase or fact.
3 = S in the F V of C C (N, P, S M)
View full teaser and answerHeat Wave
Change COLD to HEAT by changing one letter at a time. Each change must produce a valid word in the English language. But there is a catch. You must make the change by going through COOL and WARM. No word can be used more than once.
COLD ---- COOL ---- WARM ---- HEAT
View full teaser and answerMono-Grammar
Each of the following sentences contains clues to a set of three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each sentence describes a different set). Example: malt, melt, molt.
1) The subject of the meeting was "The Poisonous Elixir".
2) When the man refused to fight, it caused the bully to shout "Are you chicken?".
3) When the cows heard the snake shake, there was a fight for survival.
4) Unable to see, the doctor was still able to concoct a mixture that was soothing to the stomach.
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White to Play
This position is from 1841, from a Muzio Gambit, which early in the opening sacrifices a piece for an attack. Here we are in a middle game where White is still a piece down and the queens have been exchanged. Yet there is still a mating attack. Have at it!
View solutionMeeting of the Minds
What song lyric does this rebus describe?
Caspar says "Idiots will always enter a burning building."
Melchior says "They will do so, even when no one else will try."
Balthasar says "Not only that, but those dupes will do it quickly."

White to Play
A post WWII amateur game. An instructive miniature. Armitage - Reese (C80)UK Army v Navy, 1946. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Nxe4 6.Re1 (Better is 6.d4, but this is tricky)6...Nc5 7.Nc3 (Better is 7.Bxc6) 7...Nxa4 8.Nxe5 Be7 9.Nd5 0–0? (Now would be a good time to bring the knight back so it can go to e6 to block the e-file. 9....
View solutionComplex Teaser
Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Why?
Group A: complex, on, rat, stall
Group B: accord, gallop, new, tandem
Not Cross Country
Letter Equations are well known phrases or facts where the key words have been replaced with the first letter of that word. These are often in the form of an equation, which contain a number, an = sign and the rest of the obscured phrase or fact.
10 = M per P in C C
View full teaser and answerLike Clockwork
What does this rebus represent?
2:53 AM = maelstrom
9:48 AM = conundrum
6:17 PM = talisman

White to Play
This is a win with one decisive move at the outset that is best.
View solutionMatched Pairs
Each word in Group A can be paired with a unique word in Group B. What are the pairings? Why?
Group A:
apropos, doughy, gingham, mica, rebuff, scarab, squall, ukulele
Group B:
aloft, amateur, bituminous, enables, melody, phantasm, steroid, summary