Daily Rome Shot 787

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Meanwhile, black to move and mate in three.

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

I saw an interesting article at Crisis about the best US cities in which to raise a Catholic family right now.

Ave Maria, Florida
Cincinnati, Ohio
Front Royal, Virginia
Greenville, South Carolina
Kansas City, Missouri
Knoxville, Tennessee
Lincoln, Nebraska
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
South Bend, Indiana
Steubenville, Ohio
Bonus: St. Mary’s, Kansas

Go there and find out the reasons.

In chessy news, there was a fun event at the St. Louis Chess Club (I might to to slither St. Louis into the list because of the STLCC).  The Fischer Random (Chess 960 aka Chess 9LX) tournament is starting 8 Sept.  But before the tournament they had a regular chess team event of rapid games wherein each member would play 5 moves and then the next member of the team took over.  And the players were encouraged to “tr  ash talk” (there wasn’t all that much).  It was fun.  HERE

Former World Champ Garry Kasparov and Fabi hazing Wesley So (who made a couple of “interesting” moves) .

Looking for a read?  This is by Scott Hahn.

It Is Right and Just: Why the Future of Civilization Depends on True Religion. 

I was so pleased to see in it an emphasis on the virtue of Religion, which for years I have been writing and talking about in terms of the renewal of our sacred liturgical worship.