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White to Move. Black king is exposed and White is well coordinated but black is threatening mate.
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Chess news. Richard Rapport emerged victorious in the Europe & Africa qualifier of the Armageddon Championship Series, defeating MVL and Jan-Krzysztof Duda. The broadcast set up is a little kitschy but the chess was good. Richard Rapport recorded a heart rate of 175 bpm.
In non chess news, after losing a hard fought pawn end game yesterday OTB I went to Five Guys (1st time) for a burger. It wasn’t bad, but it was smallish, poorly constructed (yes, there are ways to do it so that it doesn’t fall or slide apart) and really EXPENSIVE. Won’t be doing that again. I also went to see the new Flash movie, which has been hyped with lots of amazing looking previews. I kept waiting for it to get better. It was cringeworthy awful, puerile, gimmicky. It was clearly aimed at the younger and the less intellectually astute. Some off color language. They’ve also gone the way of Marvel with an extra scene at the end of the credits. Pulling weeds while being chewed by noseeums and mosquitoes would have been a better use of my time on my slotted “light day”.
Internet was down here for a substantial portion of the day. There are no lack of books and other things to do, not to mention cleaning. I have a good and under-utilized monthly chess magazine with puzzles. I also receive Touchstone, which is very good and requires actual reading. I finally delved into a paper article in Nature from 1983 sent by a reader about the dating of the Crucifixion by two authors in the Department of Metallurgy and Science of Materials as well as the Department of Astrophysics at Oxford University. They dig deeply into the question of the lunar eclipse.
It is nice getting unhooked for awhile. There are days when I go out for errands, etc., and I leave The Precious … phone at home.
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Were you inspired by the recent Babylon Bee headline? :D
https://babylonbee.com/news/sixth-guy-kicking-himself-for-leaving-the-company-before-five-guys-hit-it-big
HA! I didn’t see that. Funny.
How did you manage to find a bad Five Guys, Father?
They’re not spectacular, but – they’re consistently good, fresh cooked, to-order, not exceptionally more pricey than other purveyors, have a variety on their drink fountain, are actually aware & supportive of the option of vinegar on fries, and I have never known them to fall apart.