None of you are going to know where this is… except the Great Roman™.
It is in a side room of Ss. Trinità dei Pellegrini. It had been at a chapel built on the place near St. Paul’s outside-the-walls, where, according to legend, Sts. Peter and Paul fleeing the Mamertine Prison went their separate ways. The chapel was called Cappella della Separazione. It was moved in the 16th c. and then demolished in 1910. As the story goes, Peter fled toward the via Appia and lost a foot binding, which is supposed to be kept at Ss. Nereo e Achilleo called “in fascicola”. Peter went on, as they say, to meet Christ … “Domine! Quo vadis?” You know the rest.
Meanwhile,…
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Here’s a puzzle. White to move and mate in 2.
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1. Na6+ bxa6 2. Qb4#
Too many black pieces defending the eigth rank to attack there; but none of black’s pieces can really help the far Queenside much, so force open the front door of the castle!
1. Na6+ bxa6
2. Qb4#
Differently from the previous puzzles, this one I was able to figure out.
Thank you Father, for your posts!
I don’t know why, but this one made me laugh once I figured it out.
1. Na6+ bxa6 2. Qb4#
1. Na6+, forcing . . . pxN
2. Qb4 mate.
1. Knight to A6, check
Pawn B7 to A6
2. Queen to B4, checkmate
Na6+
pxN is forced
Qb4#