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In the Norway Chess battle, yesterday the struggling world champ Ding Liren brought down Hikaru Nakamura, which helped Magnus stay on top of the standings. I was delighted to watch Magnus beat Alireza Firouzja. Today is the last day. Pragg, mathematically, still has a chance to win.
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White to move and mate in 3.
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1. pc6+,
1 ….If Kxp, 2. Qb5#
1…..If Ke7, 2. Qa3+, Kd8 or e8, 3. Rg8#
1 ….If Kc8,d8, or e8, 2. Rg8# or Rg8+, Ke7, 3. Qa3#
The Divina Comedia translated into Latin Hexameters:
https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Dantis_Alligherii_Divina_Comoedia_hexame/wKNWAAAAcAAJ?hl=en