From a friend in Rome today.
Tripled pawns and down a piece in this composed puzzle. Black’s pieces are stuck. But not for long. White to move and force mate in 5.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
Norway Chess starts today in Stavanger. Classical. Double round robin of 6 players. Both Ding and Magnus are there. $70K 1st prize for both men and women. There is a women’s section, too. I stopped in at the beginning of the stream and heard that Magnus has already been at his board for half an hour… with combed hair. He often rolls in late, disheveled.
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OTB today and tomorrow. What shall befall me?
Lockwood on Some observations about Francis’ Letter to US Bishops: “Bishop Joseph Strickland has written an open letter on “USCCB, The Bishops and Federal Funding”. A copy can be found…”
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