The sun rose upon Rome at 06:23 and it will sink beyond sight at 19:57.
The Ave Maria should ring at 20:15.
Last night I heard some bell ring a couple time again just before 8. But nothing special chimed at 20:15. The mystery continues.
Yesterday, walking to the bookbinder… I don’t know what these trees are. They are blossoming with light purple flowers.
A view from the Via Monserrato over to the Via Giulia past the restaurant Pierluigi on the right. Waaaaay over priced and pretentious, as far as I am concerned.
For simpler fare at lunch
Hard to beat that.
I ate this while watching the last of yesterday night’s (day in Toronto) death match between Vidit and Nepo. It seesawed, but I simply had to go to bed. Also, I had get one of the commentators out of my ears. One of the frequent commentators during these tournaments is an Indian woman, Tania Sachdev, an International Master (notch below Grand). Her chess commentary is quite good and she is easy on the eyes. However, when she goes into commentatrix mode, her voice could etch steel. It’s all I can do to hit the mute or FF and hope I get out of her range for a respite. As I said before, when she talks about the positions, potential moves, she’s really good. However, most of the time when she jumps in, she starts by repeating what the guy before her said. And when there is a transition to a break, or something unexpected happens, not even shooting range ear protection will save your molars from cracking. How I dread seeing who will be on the crew tomorrow for the very important Round 12. In Round 11, Nepo did defeat Vidit after a grueling 5 hour game to become sole leader (third straight win). This game will probably be studied thoroughly and for a long time. Hikaru won again. He played two online tournaments on Tuesday and then beat Pragg with black. He’s a force of nature. Unfortunately Firouzja bested the lowest rated player in the tournament, Nijat Abasov.
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Meanwhile, white to move and mate.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
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