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Simple Friday fare. The little clams are hard to get in these USA, but mussels are often pretty inexpensive, some squid, some shrimps, fresh herbs, tomatoes, good oil, garlic, a splash of white wine.
In chessy and churchy news, I saw that the 2024 45th Chess Olympiad will be in Budapest 10-23 September. I will be finishing up (if all goes well) with a traditional Mass pilgrimage in Poland and Prague on 6 Sept. It could be fun to hang out and catch some of the vibe of the Olympiad. I’ve always wanted to visit Hungary, Budapest in particular, and I’ve been slowly acquiring some basic Hungarian for that reason.
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Yesterday, I saw some coverage of Chessable Masters 2024 Division Placement Stage via YT. Our guy Wesley So defeated the young German Vincent Keymer and then Sam Sevian. He is paired on Friday, today, with Magnus. GO Wesley! Beat the Norski! A very young Denis Lazavik ate Hikaru’s lunch, sending him to the lower depths where he must win and win and win in order to reenter the light. Nepo v. an also young Jose Martinez who is on an unusual tear. I would not be sorry to see Firouzja be impaled by Vladimir Fedoseev.
Meanwhile, white to move and mate in 2.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
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Ceterum censeo Firouzja delendum esse.
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QxN
Re6
QxR#
1. Nf5+ Rxf5
2. Qd5#
Can I come to your house for dinner?
Father, I think we need your help with this one. I looked at all 9 of the moves that check, but none seem to mate in 2. I started to look at other moves but gave up at 10. Too many variations here.