Sunrise 07:23. Sunset 18:27 Ave Maria 18:45
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This is the Feast of St Luke.
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Out with friends last night who were heading home today. A really nice supper, three couples and me as 7th wheel.
Fried anchovies.
A great, and old, Topolino.
Today I had lunch with two friends, one just in town for the day. We opted for a little Chinese dumpling place. Not bad. Nice people.
Which drink is mine.
Which xiao long bao is mine?
Which… trick question. I didn’t have one.
Time to take the boot from the freezer. Yes, that’s frost.
Meanwhile, note the orientation of the board. BLACK to play and mate….
… in FOUR.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
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1. Rd1+ QxR
2. Qa2+ Kc1
3. Ba3++
Italians inventented the split axel. It’s because most of the vehicles drive with two whells on the sidewalk.
That old Fiat brings back memories. My dad had a 1967 Fiat 124 four door sedan. He purchased it used in 1969 to be his work car. I remember my two brothers and I had no trouble fitting in the back seat. It had an 8-gallon fuel tank (there were times of gas station competition my dad could get half a tank of gas for a buck). Sometime in the early 1970s my dad had it painted blue (probably something like Maaco). Ninety percent of the reason my dad sold that Fiat 124 in 1974 was we moved to Texas and the Fiat didn’t have an air conditioner, so my dad sold it to a friend before we left Los Angeles. Seemed like a well built cheap set of wheels in those days.
sorry to correct you. the car is a cinquecento (FIAT 500). The Topolino is this one
https://www.museoauto.com/collezione/500-topolino-2/.
Regards, JA
I see now why you specified mate in four: After the three moves I gave above, White can interpose his Bishop after Ba3+, Bb2, after which (as his fourth move) Black takes the Bishop (with either his Queen or his Bishop), mate.
Sorry, Black has to take the White Bishop with his Queen to achieve the mate, otherwise the White King escapes the trap.