Daily Rome Shot 717

I miss my neighborhood.

Meanwhile, not much chess news. The Juniors are playing in a speed chess tourney. Yesterday I tuned in to Eric Rosen’s stream – he is playing in Las Vegas – and just as he turned his cam to look out his hotel window the Thunderbirds flew by. Very cool. I think it was part of the final game of the Stanley Cup. Coincidently, the Golden Knights won, beating the Florida Panthers… two ICE hockey teams in places where there is really no business having ICE hockey since there isn’t any ICE. For those of you in Columbia Heights, a “knight” is a chess piece and you don’t pronounce the “k” unless you are in a Monty Python movie.

Here’s a puzzle.

White to move.

NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.

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