Daily Rome Shot 1203 – RANJITH!

From the wonderful nativity scene at Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini in Rome.

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In churchy news…

This!

Not churchy, but very cool…

Speaking of churchy…

Interesting tidbit, my mother knew the original Charlie Brown, who inspired the character. I met him when I was very young. She also knew Lucy and Linus. Yes, they were real people.

Say a prayer for my mother, please.

Hey Fathers!  How about a clerical Guayabera shirt?

In chessy news… HERE

White to move and WIN

UPDATE:

This is also very cool…

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11 Comments

  1. White to move and WIN

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

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    In Oslo, Carlsen… what does one say? Undefeated along with upstart Denis the Menance. Levon lost all three. My guy Wesley beat “Puer” (which I always savor). Wesley had Magnus on the ropes, twice. But, alas, he put his foot wrong and Magnus Houdini’d his way out to win. It was hard to watch.

    Action continues today.

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  2. amenamen says:

    Nf6+, Pxf6
    Qxe8#

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  4. BeatifyStickler says:

    Because of the periphery crew, Ranjith has been my uneducated non important guess as likely to be Papa. Him or Erdo as a new Innocent.

  5. amenamen says:

    Nf6+, Pxf6
    Qxe8#

    Or
    Nf6+, Bxf6
    Qg3+, Bg7
    Qxg7#

  6. Liz says:

    Prayers for your dear mother, Fr. Z.

  7. Liz says:

    Prayers for your dear mother, Fr. Z.

  8. Not says:

    Prayers for Mrs. Z.

    You mean Scripture is correct! The Earth is the center of the universe!
    Well, I guess all those Galileo supporters owe us an apology.

  9. A.S. Haley says:

    amenamen, I think you have the right moves, but they’re in the wrong order.
    Play 1. Qg3+ first. After f4xQ, play 2. Rxg3+. Black has to play Bg7 to avoid mate.
    Then play 3. Nf6+. If Black plays e7xN, 4. RxR is mate.
    And if Black plays Kf8 (or Kh8), 4. BxB is mate.

  10. Legisperitus says:

    I’ve wished Ranjith were Pope ever since 2012, when he said (and I’m paraphrasing), “I wish this SSPX regularization would hurry up and happen, because I want to put them in charge of my seminary.”

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