From The Great Roman™ – very cool.
Yesterday, Magnus had a rough day in Zagreb where the GCT Rapid and Blitz is going on. He lost two in a row, before coming back to beat former World Champ Vishy Anand. Meanwhile, the leadership in that competition shifted around. Quite dramatic. Ian Nepomniachtchi won three straight. Today he faces Fabiano Caruana and Vishy in rounds 8 and 9. There was a storm in the Netherlands because of a storm in the Netherlands which prevented a player at the Dutch Women’s Chess Championship from arriving in time to play a game. The gummit had declared a “code red” in which people were advised not to try to travel. Games were postponed, but it wasn’t enough for one of them to get there. “Too bad,” said the organizers. In Shanghai the score is tied 1-1 between Lei Tingjie and Ju Wenjun in the women’s FIDE Women’s World Championship.
Meanwhile, Lei saw the Synod (“walking together”) list.
As I write, Tour de France coverage is still on, but yesterday as of Stage 6 Vingegaard is in yellow, Philipsen in green, Powless (USA) in the prestigious polk-dots, Pogacar in white and Jumbo-Visma leads. Some crazy climbing yesterday and real tactics.
The coverage of the Tour is fantastic, even just from the point of view of the shots of the land and sites from helicopters following the group. Truly beautiful.
NB: I was asked by a priest to ask YOU to pray for him, his bishop and an abbot as he discerns joining a monastic community.
Speaking of monastic communities, the Benedictine monks in Norcia make great beer and you can have some. Wonderful with savory sausage and cheese.
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White to play, mate in 2.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
Interested in learning? Try THIS. He helped my game.
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