Daily (not this time) Rome Shots 1092

The tomb of St. Matthew in Salerno.

Welcome new registrant:

AgapeLove

I have been on the road, travelling to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Wisconsin. Card. Burke says hi!

Meanwhile, in chessy news, I regret the the unlikable one beat the most likeable one in the latest online match. You know who I mean. And the unlikable one gave a long interview (video available) in which he whines and accuses and generally bitches about everything. He is, as I have said, unlikable.

Meanwhile, when chess people can really unlikable, this happens.  There’s video!

Female chess champion POISONS rival by lacing her board with deadly mercury in chilling assassination plot

Yeah…

Black to move and mate in 3.

NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.

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