arthurhatesyou.bsky.social
@arthurhatesyou.bsky.social
Not actually named Arthur.
1. Re8+ Kh7 2. Rh8+ Kxh8 3. Qf8+ Kh7 4. Qxg7#
January 8, 2025 at 4:43 AM
1...Qe2+ 2. Kh3 (otherwise ...c1+Q#) Qf1+ 3. Kh4 g5+ 4. Kh5 Qh3#.
January 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
1...Rd1+ 2. Ka2 Ra1+ 3. Kxa1 Qc1+ 4. Ka2 Qxb2#. But if 3. Kb3, ...Nd2+ 4. Kc3 Qc4#
December 29, 2024 at 4:07 AM
1...Rxf1+ 2. Kxf1 Bd3+ 3. Ke1 Bc3+ 4. Nd2 Ra1#. If instead 3. Kg1, 3...Ra1+ 4. Ne1 Rxe1#.
December 22, 2024 at 3:58 AM
*and of course Ng7 should have read Nh7.
December 15, 2024 at 2:02 AM
alternate variation:

Rd8+ Kh7
Ng5+ Kh6
Rh8+ Ng7
Rxh7#
December 15, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Interesting. 30 years ago, I learned it as:

Hablando del rey de Roma, pronto se asoma.

I wonder if there's some regional variation with the expression.
December 14, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Formally: French, Spanish, ancient Hebrew, and German. (Years later, I claim no competence in the latter two.)

Informally: Italian, Portuguese, Esperanto, Irish, Welsh

Dabbled: too many to count
December 6, 2024 at 5:31 AM
Especially since you've learned Spanish to A2, I'd say go for L'Italiano secondo il Metodo Natura. It's 50 chapters long, completely in Italian, and the text and audio are available free in a series of videos on YouTube. (Public domain, at least in the US.)
December 3, 2024 at 6:35 PM
American here. Most of what I know about English grammar, I learned in French and Spanish classes at school (with the grammar taught in the target languages, not English.)
December 2, 2024 at 3:18 AM
1...Qd1+ 2. Ka3 c4+ 3. b4 cxb3+ 4. Kb2 Qc2#
November 26, 2024 at 4:13 AM
Hablo Inglés, Francés y Español. No he practicado mucho desde la secundaria, pero todavía recuerdo bastante. Intenté aprender alemán en la universidad, pero lo olvidé todo muy rápido. Así que ahora lo estoy intentando de nuevo.
November 22, 2024 at 3:33 AM
¿Cuáles idiomas habla?
November 21, 2024 at 8:08 PM