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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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I had a note from a friend in Rome:
I hope you’re well back in the USA. Sorry we didn’t get to meet up while you were here, we’ll make up for that lacuna next time you’re in town…
I’ll owe you big if you help me with something. Wednesday morning I am running a 100-mile ultramarathon from Rome to Assisi (not “in stages” but “straight up” – should take around 26 hours). It’s to raise money for a small Catholic medical clinic in Malawi… Dirt poor, no infrastructure, etc. (I am simultaneously working on trying to set up a tobacco company in the same diocese… the Bishop is very excited, it’s the big industry there, and when farmers leave that crop it’s often to grow marijuana – so even the scrupulous will hopefully see the value. The younger generation doesn’t even use it, they need the money from selling it to export. Anyway, it’s to give them a long-term revenue source that’s connected with their own people and the local economy… rather than hand-outs. I can’t run 100 miles all the time and shouldn’t have to.)
The donation page is:
Malawi is especially “hot” right now after their strong response to Fiducia Supplicans… that’s one reason I chose to fund this project rather than another, it’s “been in the news.”
I have an interview with Rome Reports this afternoon. Hopefully a bump from EWTN at least on their Facebook page, and also a story on CNA after the run – successfully completed or not. (I’ve been training for a year, but stuff happens…) But nothing compares with the blog of Fr. Z and his readers!
There’s a WhatsApp group for live updates and location tracking here:
Seems worth support to me!
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In chessy news, yesterday was a big day for that force of nature Magnus Carlsen. He emerged as victor in Warsaw at the Rapid and Blitz by .5 over Wei Yi. He made up a 2.5 deficit in nine rounds of blitz. While Magnus snatched one win after another in end games, there was one game between Prag (Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa) and Wei Yi in which it rained blunders. Computer analysis at the end gave them 79.1% and 74.0% percent accuracy, which more like my games than theirs. At this level, play is about 97-99. HERE
It wasn’t over for Magnus. Also yesterday, was the final of the online chess.com Divison I Classic in the Champions Chess Tour. Magnus defeated German GM Vincent Keymer who also was playing OTB in Poland.
UPDATE:
Speaking of the Magnus Effect…
Roberto Carlos 1997 freekick illustrating the Magnus effect. pic.twitter.com/5Tvqa69eAH
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Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Daily Rome Shot 1132 Waking Giancarlo – Sending Giancarlo. Some Greek and Latin: “White to move and mate in 3. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t…”
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