Pippo the Florist. If you visit Rome, and you go the Campo de’ Fiori during the day, stop at Pippo’s get some flowers for your hotel room, and say “Hi!” from “don John”.
Hey! s*****41@nc.rr.com My thank you note got kicked back as undeliverable. New email?
Meanwhile, white to move and mate in 2. Honestly, how long did it take for you to solve this (if you did)? It took me a couple minutes get it down to 2. I got three pretty fast, but that’s not the puzzle!
#2 1. Bb6 axb6 2. Qa8#
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In chessy news… in Malmo, in a tournament I am not following, there are several players and some of them are winning and some of them are drawing and some of them are losing. That’s about it. However, there is an article at chess.com today about openings with black for beginners that some of you might want to check out. HERE
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Now that I am back in these USA – where the next summer of stupid seems to be warming up, I can at least share something of the non-Italian fare I’ve happily engaged since disembarking.
Firstly, whereas there was practically nobody in lines at FCO in Rome, there were vast throngs in the lines at JFK for passports, etc. Since indicated waits of over an hour. Happily I was able to into a different line and go through rapidly. Whew.
Then, an old return- Stateside custom was observed. Cheeseburger. Yup.
Meanwhile, in Rome, the sun rose at 06:02 and set at 20:13.
The Ave Maria Bell would have run, if it were rung, at 20:30.
It was the Feast of St. Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor (+373).
When shall we see his like again?
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Ciao, Pippo.
Welcome back, Fr. Z.
Pippo has the largest bird of paradise flowers I have ever seen.
I wonder if he is the same florist you once showed pictures of, that had the cute dogs.
St. Athanasius…excomumicated when he died. Shows us that God is in charge.
His Creed clearly says, “No salvation outside of Catholic Church.”
Bb6.
If axb6, Qa8#; if Kxb6, Qd6#; if a4, Qxa7#
I got the puzzle in about one minute. I figured the bishop had to be involved somehow (Checkov’s bishop?), and Bxa5 looked promising at first, but … b6 foiled that. So, it was apparent that b6 was the crucial square, and plopping the bishop there did the trick!
Thanks for posting these puzzles, Father!
1. Qc7 forcing a4
2. Qa5#
(If 1….b6
2. Qc8#)
about 3 minutes
@DCLex
but there is also 1….b5+ to consider.
1. B-b6
If . . . . . . a7×b6
2. Q-a8#
If . . . . . . K×b6
2. Q-d6#
Else . . . . a5-a4
2. Q×a7#
The Art of Sacrifice (Spielman) sometimes yields better fruit than The Art of the Deal (You Know Who).