DAILY ROME SHOT 949

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White to move and mate in 3.

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In chessy news, there is a tournament going on at Chess.com wherein pairs of players take each other on as teams.  They can discuss moves.  Of course the other team can’t hear.  Yesterday, my guy Wesley So and IM Alice Lee (14 yrs) soundly defeated GM Peter Leko and GM Pia Cramling 2-0.  It seems that the players are encouraged to trash talk before and after games, but all four yesterday were so nice the trash turned out to be one compliment after another.  Wesley very gently poked a little but also excelled in kindness.  The games, however, were lethal.  So and Lee stomped all over Leko and Cramling, who, it seems to me, were not quite suited to each other or the format. They were reticent, discussed a little too much, and had time problems as a result.  Peter is rather voluble and Pia got a bit steamrollered.

Here is some post game analysis by all four.

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