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Another shot from the beautiful presepio at Ss. Trinità.
Spectacular.
Speaking of spectacular, yesterday Magnus defeated my guy Wesley So to take 1st in the tournament in Toronto. Oh well. However, there was a game that blew my socks off. Wesley got into real trouble. Then he unleashed his inner Kraken at the end and took down an angry and frustrated Magnus. The short video starts a little slow, but – wow – does it pick up, players blitzing their moves at the end with scant seconds on their clocks.
Meanwhile, I had a complaint from a couple readers that I wasn’t posting about food. There’s a good reason for that: I haven’t had anything interesting for a long time. Lot’s of soup. I haven’t been very ambitious. However, the other day I got a grocery store rotisserie chicken – several meals from one of those and then soup – and decided to have stove-top dressing/stuffing with it. I wound up with left over dressing. Yesterday evening I had a craving for a cheeseburger, but I had no bread or buns and I didn’t want to go out to get anything. Adapt – Improvise – Overcome. I used the left-over stuffing as the basis of a “patty melt”.
Really good pickles from a company in Brooklyn, Grillo, not to be confused with the malevolent liturgist.
Building it up with Pommery mustard (which I’ve put back on my wishlist).
And voilà the final product. Munster. Cherry tomatoes. Pepperjack or Havarti dill could have been good with this. I used what I had.
Savory and satisfying.
Let’s have a poll… anyone can vote, but only registered and approved participants can comment.
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1. Nd4 Nxb3+ 2. Qxb3 Rxb3 3. Bxe7
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
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FSSP seminarians singing Christmas carols. Nice! Remember the “Soap Sisters” of Summit for gifts.
By FSSP seminarians
1. Nd4 Rb7
2. Nxc6
Ketchup doesn’t belong on hot dogs either. That should be your next poll.
When I was a culinary infant, I would accompany my food with ketchup as my palate was not yet mature. But now that my palate has grown to full stature, I prefer to enjoy the fulness of the subtle and exquisite flavors of the dish itself, uncorrupted by unnecessary adornments or supposed enhancements.
Also, ketchup on a regular burger is the bomb! Ketchup use should safe, legal and rare.
Father, what is the answer to the “meanwhile”? I like b4 but don’t have confidence that black is going to lose. As for Nd4, Rb6 seems to shut it down (and open Qg5+). Love your puzzles – reminds me of when I was a kid working through Omar Sharif’s bridge puzzles in the newspaper (even though I didn’t play bridge).
It seems to me that 1. … Rb6 leaves you in a un favorable exchange 2. Nc6 Rxc6 3. Bxc5 Rxc5
Here’s one approach.
1. Nd4 Nxb3+
2. Qxb3 Rxb3
3. Bxe7
Maybe to say this is winning is a little strong.