Daily Rome Shot 687

Posted on 10 March 2023 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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3 Comments

  1. WVC says:
    10 March 2023 at 11:00 AM

    I tried:
    1. Rh8+ Kxh8
    2. Qd8+ Qg8 . . . and I got stuck. So this isn’t the right way.

    So then I tried:
    1. Qd8+ Rf8
    2. Rh8+ Kxh8
    3. Qxf8+ Qg8 . . . and I’m in the same place. I exchanged Rooks, which doesn’t help anything.

    I tried a few other idea and got nowhere. I’m stumped.

  2. jaykay says:
    10 March 2023 at 2:04 PM

    This is from the convent of the Oblates of St. Frances (Santa Francesca Romana), known as the “Tor de’ Specchi”. This particular image is 10th down in the linked site (which is in Italian and English):

    http://www.umilta.net/francesca.html

  3. Panterina says:
    11 March 2023 at 1:10 AM

    This is the same chess puzzle that was posted under Daily Rome Shot 659 on February 10. I recognized the theme starting with 1…Qd8+.

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