In Rome the sunrise was at 07:12 and the sunset was at 18:43. The Ave Maris should be at 19:00.
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Sarah66
This is the quick version, because my entire draft was expunged. GRRRR. I am tired.
I had a walk over the place where a a bunch of regulars play chess. They use a set of vocabulary that I don’t usually use.
Chicken last night. Spatchcocked.
When I pulled the chicken from the oven I added peas and mushrooms.
Black to move. Find the best way forward.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
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A glimpse of vespers.
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Black bishop to C3!
1. . B-c3+ (double check forces king to move)
If
2. Kxc3 c5xd4+ (opening the c-file)
3. K-c4 R(a8)-c8+
4. K-d5 R(e1)-e5#
or
4. N-c5 R(c8)xc5#
But if
2. K-a3 Q-b4+
3. K-a2 Qxa4+
4. K-b1 Q-a1#
Or if
2. K-a2 B-e6+
3. d4-d5 B×d5+
White could play B-c4, but Black would respond with Bxc4, and then
4 or 5. K-a3 Q-b4#
Black to play. White’s queen is hanging, but black’s knight is jumpy for black’s queen, too. To take white’s queen would result in the bishop and the a1 rook hanging. Qa5 is attractive but c3.
1. … Bc3+
2. Kxc3 Qb4#
1. … Bc3+
2. Kc1 Qb2#
1… Bc3+
2. Ka4 Qb4+
3. Ka2 Qxa4+
4. Kb1 Qr1#
1. … Bc3+
2. Ka2 B72+
3.
Regarding Vespers:
Any recommendations for an online resource to learn how to properly use The Monastic Diurnal? Perhaps a recording of a basic intonation for the musically ungifted and tone deaf?