Daily Rome Shot 1017: revived

In the street projecting from The Parish™ in Rome, there is a tiny chapel, associated with the aforementioned Parish but somehow through time acquired and controlled by the office of the Italian government now housed in the old Monte di Pietà (a sort of loan institution which countered the loan operations in the nearby Jewish quarter back in the day).

This chapel was dedicated to Maria Succurre Miseris… Mary, Help of the Wretched.  At some point the beautiful painting of Mary was relocated to the Parish, where it is now, and a rather stingy image of the Pietà was unceremoniously put in its place.

Recently, an agreement was reached whereby the Parish would take care of the chapel.  Hence, cleaning and sprucing and the placing of flowers.   The flowers will surely attract the eyes of the many… many… people who pass on that busy walking route.

Photos from The World’s Best Sacristan.

Here is the painting that was in the chapel.  It receives a great deal of attention from people.  Many people light candles on a daily basis.

A prayer.

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Yesterday was day 2 in the chess.com Classic.  This determines in what divisions players will compete.  In a rather surprising turn, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana and my guy Wesley So were knocked down to Division 2 by lower rated players. Head-scratching results, frankly.

This puzzled left me puzzled until I puzzled it out. The solution involves a tactic.  Black to move.

NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.