The sun rose over Rome at 07:14 and set at 18:39. The Ave Maria bell is still in its 19:00 cycle.
No new registrants for a couple of days. Odd. Maybe people are so focused on “walking together” that they don’t have enough time for other things.
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Friends arrived in the Eternal City. They will celebrate their wedding anniversary and have a good look around. They are old Roman pros, so they don’t need a lot of hand holding.
Afternoon as at the market quiets down in the Campo.
Pippo the Florist has two of these. They are there everyday.
And speaking long and brown, true friends who come to see me in Rome bring humidified cases of cigars.
I’m just sayin’.
On the way to supper.
One of several savory things that materialized on our table. Wonderful caponata.
Meanwhile, this made me freeze up for a bit until I grasped the problem. Biretta tip to Anish Giri.
White to play. It needs not just a move, but an explanation of the possibilities. Good puzzle.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
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I think I’d take the little brown thing home with me.
Waxing macaronic, I would say, “Delightful is the neighborhood of bassotti tedesci!”
A friend just got back from Rome and was very disappointed. It was the person’s first time visiting and said St Peters was closed, supposedly due to the Synod.
?!?!
Thank you for taking us on these lovely Roman pilgrimages, Father. As always, it feels like we are all there with you thanks to your posts.
If you have a moment, what are those glorious red flowers on the far right hand side of the picture of the market? They’re being sold for five euros. They’re amazing!
White needs to stop … Re6+ winning the bishop. With that in mind…
1. Ne2 Re6+?
2. Kf7 Rxc6?
3. Rc1+ wins the rook back
If instead
1. Ne2 Kb2 first, now threatening Re6+ again
2. Nd4 covering the e6 square but giving up the rook! Kxa1
3. Kf6
and now the black rook is trapped in the middle of the board, it will either get captured immediately, or forked with check if it tries to escape to e1, e3, c1, or c5. A very clever puzzle and fun to figure out.
At Elle Effe Father? Or?
Hm, not sure about this one, I think
1. Kf6, Rc5
2. +Be4, Kxc3
3. +Rc1, Black king anywhere safe
4. Rxc5
Or
1. Kf6, Rc5
2. +Be4, Kb2
3. +Rb1, Kxc3
4. +Rc1, Black king anywhere safe
5. Rxc5
This leaves white with a bishop and a rook (and black with an easily dispatched pawn).
That Dachshund is adorable.
My try is this. I found this hard.
1.Ne2 Kb2
2.Nd4!
1. Ne2 if 1. … Rxe2 then 2. Ra2+ and things get ugly fast.
1. Ne2 if 1. … Kb2 then 2. Nd4
If Kxa1 then white’s Kf6 attacking black’s rook, which has only bad squares: be taken outright by bishop or knight or king or move to a “safe” square and get yer king and rook forked by the white knight.
2. Nd4
Yes. The knight cannot be taken because of Ra2 and if Kd1 Bf3 or Kd3 Bb5. The bishop is protected by the fork. After… Kb2 2 Nd4, Ka1 3 Kf6 and the rook has not available squares because of the forks with the knight