Here in the Eternal City the Ave Maria bell should ring at 18:45 while the sun really ought to set at 18:25, though I wouldn’t mind if it would hang out longer. Sunrise was sometime while I was in church at 07:25.
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It is the Feast of the North American Martyrs. I thought about digging up their Latin texts and using them for Mass today as one can do under Cum Sanctissima. That would have given me a chance to use the lovely RED VESTMENTS we now have because of some of you readers. This morning a priest remarked to me how nice they are.
On the way to Mass this morning.
I had breakfast with a friend who was in town briefly and we wandered by a little church in the Via dei Barbieri, once dedicated to Ss. Cosmas and Damian. Note anything nice about it in particular?
Let me make it easier.
When I got home, I had a brief nap and got up to write for the rest of day with the exception of a quick errand to get black fabric patches so I can fix the tears in my cassock. It isn’t going to be easy, I think.
A shot of my lunch. Pizza bianca, tuna, slices of tomato, mayo. Water, in case you wondered.
What did I write? I wrote something for One Peter Five which ought to appear tomorrow. It is about the “armor of God” section of Ephesians 6.
Meanwhile, can you, as white, find mate in TWO?
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
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Chessy news. In Round 7 in Qatar, Karthikeyan Murali became the third Indian player to ever beat Magnus Carlsen in a classical chess game… with the black pieces.
In videos, he is a bit of a lunatic, but a hugely popular chess youtuber GothamChess with 4.3 MILLION subscribers – yes, chess really is a big deal – I’ve been trying to get that through – posted a video that touches on something I’ve struggled with since I got back to playing. The game isn’t what it was. Computers and instant information have changed a lot. The youtuber, a little unhinged on tough days, made the point that, these days, it is hard to know where memory and prep end and real talent is required in getting out of the opening game. What he does in this video, where he isn’t too odd, is follow the impact that one divergent pawn move by Magnus had massive impact recent in several games that were surely seen by other players. Hence, following on that one pawn move a series of lines emerge in real games. It’s interesting. One question it raises is whether or not faster time controls and Fischer Random might not be the salvation for chess in the sense of displaying talent v. rote memorization of lines.
His video titles and images are often shameless click bait and he can, at times, well… never mind. This title is click bait for sure and it doesn’t really pertain.
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Feast of the clericalist! I have been to the martyrs shrine many a time. Many graces and blessings have happened to people there. I owe Goupil a debt of gratitude.
This from iBreviary
Deus, qui crucis mystérium
in sanctis martýribus tuis mirabíliter illustrásti,
concécle propítius, ut, ex hoc sacrifício roboráti,
Christo fidéiter hyreámus,
et in Ecclésia ad saltútem ómnium operémur.
Straightforward exc for hyreamus. Is it a misprint? If so, of what? Or does it mean Let us go like a badger to Christ?
[I need a sreenshot and.or link for that. I can’t find it anywhere. Moreover it is “let us go like a badger faithfully to Christ”!
With another typo. And there’s “concecle”. I suspect OCR.]
From postcommunionem
IBreviary – Feast of N Amer martyrs
Missal
Lectiones et orationes
Antiphona et Post communionem
PC. Schema 1
Its seems to me that if the queen moved to C8 the black king would have nowhere to go. Can it stay where it is or would it have to move?
@robtbrown: Multiple misprints. Should read:
Deus, qui crucis mystérium in sanctis martýribus tuis mirabíliter illustrásti, concéde propítius, ut, ex hoc sacrifício roboráti, Christo fidéliter hæreámus, et in Ecclésia ad salútem ómnium operémur. Per
For your chess problem (these are very enjoyable, BTW): Black’s King has only one legal move as the board stands (KxN), and since that move brings him closer to White’s King (who can assist in covering squares for a mate), the best solution is a move which forces him to take it. Thus —
1. Qa4 KxN (only move possible)
2. Qe8 mate.
Dont see 2 (unless Kxc8 early), but can do 3:
Qe5, Kd7
Qe7+, Kxc8
Qc7#
1. Qc5 Ke8
2. Qe7#
Or
1. Qc5 Kd7
2. https://twitter.com/chessContact/status/1155555073465954304
Looking forward to the answer, lol.
Qc6
KxN is forced.
Qc7#
Beautiful photo of Rome in the very early morning, as you make your way to Mass. One wonders what the four heavenly bodies are. Presumably, one is Venus.
Do any of your myriad readers know the others, please ?
WillP,
Thanks. I admit, however, that I prefer “Let us go like a badger to Christ”. Less accurate but more anti-synodal.
And it makes me feel a bit like Shakespeare, who would create new words.
Or: So that we might go like a badger to Christ.
For those who don’t know, badgers will fight anything (including lions) anytime anyplace.
Zeph: In fact, there was just one. Venus. Sometimes these mobile phone cameras with more than one lens will give us these shadows. Perhaps I should correct them out?
Mate in 2 here is hard. At least I think so. But this is it.
1. Qa4
Black’s best shot is to take the knight.
1. Qa4 Kxc8
2. Qe8#
I suppose the King can run, but… you know the rest.
Mate in TWO however, is done that way, with Kxc8.
robtbrown: Re: badgers… reminds me of…
Navy Chess
Remember Mr Badger, who gave such sterling help to Mr Toad, when the latter needed to reclaim his ancestral home from the weasels.
Most grateful, Fr, for clarification on Rome’s Heavenly Bodies.
No need to correct your wonderful photos. One looks forward to seeing them, especially the early morning ones when nobody is around.
As always, a big Thank You for your Priestly Ministry and Prayers.