Daily Rome Shot 1054

From The World’s Best Sacristan™.

This is clearly breakfast at the usual post Mass haunt up the street from The Parish™.   The aforementioned breakfast this time consists of “er saccottino”, which the French foreigner refers to as “pain au chocolat”.     I saw this just after reading of an apartment available on the very piazza next to The Parish™ which made me gulp.  Alas, it was a little too much for my imagination unless I were to go full Neil Simon with a priestly Odd Couple in the place.     It would be perfect.  Sigh.

In Rome today, the sun rose at 05:33 and it will set at 20:51, the longest day of the year.  This is the Summer Solstice.   In Rome the Solstice is precisely at 20:50.

The Ave Maria ought to ring in its 21:15 cycle.

It is the Feast of St. Silverius today, though the 62 calendar allows for Votives.

It is the 172nd day of the year.

On this day in 1840 Samuel Morse, who spent time in Rome – there’s a plaque in the Via dei Prefetti – received a patent for the telegraph.

Lord, thank you for this day.

The first World Corporate Chess Championship has been decided in New York.  Chessify defeated Chess Moods.   At the closing ceremony there was a performance by the Rockettes.  Card. Dolan was not in sight.  In other news, we learn at Chess.com – I am an affiliate, btw, please sign up with my link – that British striker Harry Kane who plays for Bayern Munich, revealed that he is about a 1200 now in 10 minute Rapid.  He was inspired to play by The Queen’s Gambit.    A friend of mine and ham elmer will surely be distraught at the loss of this player from Tottenham to Munich.

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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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One Comment

  1. waalaw says:

    1. N-c4+ . . . d5×c4
    (Black being in close confinement)
    2. R(f4)×e4#

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